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Learning Powershell Commands

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Command
What is does
pwd   print working directory  
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hostname   my computer's network name  
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mkdir   make directory  
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cd   change directory  
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ls   list directory  
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rmdir   remove directory  
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push   push directory  
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popd   pop directory  
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cp   copy a file or directory  
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mv   move a file or directory  
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more   page through a file  
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type   print the whole file  
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robocopy   robust copy  
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forfiles   run a command on lots of files  
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dir -r   find files, dir -r -filter  
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select-string   find things inside files  
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help   read a manual page  
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helpctr   find what man page is appropriate  
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echo   prints some arguments  
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set   export/set a new environment variable  
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exit   exit the shell  
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runas   become super user root DANGER!  
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attrib   change permission modifiers  
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iCACLS   change ownership  
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$|$   The | takes the output from the command on the left, and "pipes" it to the command on the right.  
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$>$   The > takes the output of the command on the left, then writes it to the file on the right.  
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$>>$   The >> takes the output of the command on the left, then appends it to the file on the right.  
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*   matches anything in a wildcard like *.txt  
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