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PowerShell Cheat Sheet
Print-ready cheat sheet for PowerShell, organized for fast lookup, study, and desk-side use
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What's in this cheat sheet
- Basics
- Variables
- Operators
- Control Flow
- Functions
- Objects & Pipeline
- Files
- Strings
- Modules
- Common Patterns
Commands & Help
Get-Help Get-Process # show help for cmdlet
Get-Help Get-Process -Online # open online docs
Get-Command *service* # find commands by name
Get-Alias ls # show alias target
Common Aliases
ls → Get-ChildItem | List files and directories |
cd → Set-Location | Change directory |
cp → Copy-Item | Copy file or directory |
mv → Move-Item | Move or rename |
rm → Remove-Item | Delete file or directory |
cat → Get-Content | Read file contents |
echo → Write-Output | Print to pipeline |
cls → Clear-Host | Clear console |
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