Files & Dirs

Basics

Command
Alias
Description

Get-Item

gi

Retrieve, i.e., list, an object.

Get-ChildItem

ls / dir / gci

Lists out the content of a folder or registry hive.

New-Item

md / mkdir / ni

Create new objects. ( can be files, folders, symlinks, registry entries, and more)

Set-Item

si

Modify the property values of an object.

Copy-Item

copy / cp / ci

Make a duplicate of the item.

Rename-Item

ren / rni

Changes the object name.

Remove-Item

rm / del / rmdir

Deletes the object.

Get-Content

cat / type

Displays the content within a file or object.

Add-Content

ac

Append content to a file.

Set-Content

sc

overwrite any content in a file with new data.

Clear-Content

clc

Clear the content of the files without deleting the file itself.

Compare-Object

diff / compare

Compare two or more objects against each other. This includes the object itself and the content within.

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