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Typical Terminal Operations: Bash vs. PowerShell
| Operation | Bash Command | PowerShell Command |
|---|---|---|
| File Operations | ||
| Create a Directory | mkdir directory_name |
New-Item -Type Directory directory_name |
| Create a File | touch file.txt |
New-Item -Type File file.txt |
| List Files and Directories |
ls or ls -l
|
Get-ChildItem or dir
|
| Remove a File | rm file.txt |
Remove-Item file.txt |
| Remove a Directory | rm -r directory_name |
Remove-Item -Recurse directory_name |
| Navigation | ||
| Change Directory | cd path/to/directory |
Set-Location path\to\directory |
| Current Directory | pwd |
Get-Location |
| Text Processing | ||
| Display File Contents | cat file.txt |
Get-Content file.txt |
| Search for Text | grep pattern file.txt |
Select-String pattern file.txt |
| System Information | ||
| System Info | uname -a |
Get-ComputerInfo |
| Process Management | ||
| List Running Processes | ps |
Get-Process |
| Kill a Process | kill PID |
Stop-Process -Id PID |
| Environment Variables | ||
| Display Variable Value | echo $VAR_NAME |
echo $env:VAR_NAME |
| Set Variable | VAR_NAME=value |
$env:VAR_NAME = value |
| Script Execution | ||
| Execute Script | ./script.sh |
.\script.ps1 |
| Run as Administrator (sudo) | sudo command |
Start-Process powershell -ArgumentList "command" -Verb RunAs |
| File Permissions | ||
| Change File Permissions | chmod 755 file.txt |
Set-ItemProperty file.txt -Name IsReadOnly $false |
| List File Permissions | ls -l file.txt |
Get-Acl file.txt |
| File Manipulation | ||
| Copy File | cp source.txt dest.txt |
Copy-Item source.txt dest.txt |
| Move File | mv source.txt dest.txt |
Move-Item source.txt dest.txt |
| Rename File | mv oldname.txt newname.txt |
Rename-Item oldname.txt newname.txt |
| File Compression | ||
| Create Zip Archive | zip -r archive.zip folder/ |
Compress-Archive -Path folder -DestinationPath archive.zip |
| Extract Zip Archive | unzip archive.zip |
Expand-Archive -Path archive.zip -DestinationPath folder |
| Text Editing | ||
| Create/Edit Text File | nano file.txt |
notepad file.txt |
| Networking | ||
| Check Network Connection | ping example.com |
Test-Connection example.com |
| User Management | ||
| Create User | useradd username |
New-LocalUser -Name username |
| Delete User | userdel username |
Remove-LocalUser -Name username |
| Package Management | ||
| Update Package Database | sudo apt-get update |
Update-Package |
| Install Package | sudo apt-get install pkg |
Install-Package pkg |
| Remove Package | sudo apt-get remove pkg |
Uninstall-Package pkg |
| System Services | ||
| Start Service | sudo systemctl start service |
Start-Service service |
| Stop Service | sudo systemctl stop service |
Stop-Service service |
| Environment Setup | ||
| Set Environment Variable | export VAR_NAME=value |
$env:VAR_NAME = "value" |
| SSH | ||
| SSH to Remote Host | ssh user@hostname |
Enter-PSSession -ComputerName hostname -Credential user |
| File Search | ||
| Find Files by Name | find /path -name "pattern" |
Get-ChildItem -Path /path -Filter pattern |
| Find Files by Type | find /path -type f |
Get-ChildItem -Path /path -File |
| Find Directories | find /path -type d |
Get-ChildItem -Path /path -Directory |
| File Permissions | ||
| Change Ownership | chown user:group file |
Set-Acl file -Owner user |
| File Comparison | ||
| Compare Two Files | diff file1.txt file2.txt |
Compare-Object -ReferenceObject (Get-Content file1.txt) -DifferenceObject (Get-Content file2.txt) |
| Text Manipulation | ||
| Count Lines in a File | wc -l file.txt |
`Get-Content file.txt |
| File Permissions | ||
| Change File Permissions | {% raw %}chmod 644 file.txt
|
`Set-Acl file.txt -AclObject (Get-Acl file.txt) -PermissionSet "Read" |
| File Size | ||
| Get File Size | stat -c %s file.txt |
(Get-Item file.txt).Length |
| Time and Date | ||
| Display Current Date | date |
Get-Date |
| Package Management | ||
| List Installed Packages | dpkg -l |
Get-Package |
| System Information | ||
| List System Information | lscpu |
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem |
| Network Configuration | ||
| Show Network Interfaces | ifconfig |
Get-NetAdapter |
| Service Management | ||
| List Running Services | systemctl list-units --type=service |
Get-Service |
| User Management | ||
| Change User Password | passwd username |
Set-LocalUser -Name username -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "newpassword" -Force) |
| File Archiving | ||
| Create Tar Archive | tar -cvf archive.tar folder/ |
Compress-Archive -Path folder -DestinationPath archive.tar |
| Extract Tar Archive | tar -xvf archive.tar |
Expand-Archive -Path archive.tar -DestinationPath folder |
| Clipboard Operations | ||
| Copy to Clipboard | `echo "text" | xclip -sel clip` |
| Paste from Clipboard | xclip -o -sel clip |
Get-Clipboard |
| File Permissions | ||
| Check File Permissions | ls -l file.txt |
Get-Acl file.txt |
