Powershell Commands

Basic Commands

Cmdlet              #Commands built into shell written in .NET
Functions           #Commands written in PowerShell language
Parameter           #Argument to a Cmdlet/Function/Script
Alias               #Shortcut for a Cmdlet or Function
Script              #Text files with .ps1 extension
Applications        #Existing windows programs
Pipelines           #Pass objects Get-process word | Stop-Process
Ctrl+c              #Interrupt current command
Left/Right          #Navigate editing cursor
Ctrl+Left/Right     #Navigate a word at a time
Home/End            #End Move to start / end of line
Up/Down             #Move up and down through history
Insert              #Toggles between insert/overwrite mode
F7                  #Command history in a window
Tab/Shift-Tab       #Command line completion

Variables

$var = "string"                     #Assign Variable
$a,$b = 0 or $a,$b = 'a','b'        #Assign Multiple Variables
$a,$b = $b,$a                       #Flip Variables
$var=[int]5                         #Strongly Typed Variable