Most used Powershell commands

• Get-Help - get help on a command
• Get-Command - list all available commands on the system
• Get-ChildItem -Path - list contents of folder
• Get-Process (-name) - list all running processes (specific process)
• Get-Service -ComputerName - list all registered process on a local or remote system
• Start/Stop-Service -Name - start or stop a service
• Stop-Process -Name - stop a runnign process (similar to End Task in TaskManager
• Write-Host (-Background/ForegroundColor) - print info to the console (optionally in custom colors)
• New-Item -ItemType - create new item (by default creates a folder). specify ItemType for other items
• Remove-Item - delete item
• Copy-Item (-To/FromSession) - copy item to/from location, included to/from a remote system
• New-PSSession -ComputerName - creates a persistent connection to a local or remote computer.
• Disconnect-PSSession - disconnect from the session
• New-Service - register a new Windows service
• Remove-Service - deregister a Windows service
• Restart-Service - restart a Windows service
• Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock -Session - run commands on a remote computer
• Enable/Disable-PSRemoting - Enable or disable powershell remote commands
• Invoke-WebRequest - perform web requests (similar to cURL in linux)
• Test-NetConnection - test if ports/IPs are accessible (a mix of ping and telnet)
• Get-WmiObject -List -Class Win32* - list available wmi objects

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