PowerShell vs. CMD
Language
Batch and basic CMD commands only.
PowerShell can interpret Batch, CMD, PS cmdlets, and aliases.
Command utilization
The output from one command cannot be passed into another directly.
The output from one command can be passed into another directly.
Command Output
Text only
PowerShell outputs in object formatting.
Parallel Execution
CMD must finish one command before running another.
PowerShell can multi-thread commands to run in parallel.
PS Access
PowerShell is an open-source project and uses the .NET framework which has made it capable of utilising an object-based model of interaction and output. It has powerful logging capabilities, so if we need to be more stealthy, we should utilize CMD.
PowerShell can be accessed through CMD, as well as via the Windows Terminal which will soon become the default terminal emulator for Windows, as everything can be accessed through there. PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) is like a PowerShell IDE for creating scripts.
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