Powershell commands

PowerShell Command Description
Get-ChildItem Lists directories
Copy-Item sourceFile.doc destinationFile.doc Copies a file (cp, copy, cpi)
Move-Item sourceFile.doc destinationFile.doc Moves a file (mv, move, mi)
Select-String –path c:\users\*.txt –pattern password Finds text within a file
Get-Content omar_s_passwords.txt Prints the contents of a file
Get-Location Gets the present directory
Get-Process Gets a process listing
Get-Service Gets a service listing
Get-Process \| Export-Csvprocs.csv Exports output to a comma-separated values (CSV) file
1..255 \| % {echo "10.1.2.$_"; ping -n 1 -w 100 10.1.2.$_ \| SelectString ttl} Launches a ping sweep to the 10.1.2.0/24 network
1..1024 \| % {echo ((new-object Net.Sockets.TcpClient).Connect("10.1.2.3",$_))"Port $_ is open!"} 2>$null Launches a port scan to the 10.1.2.3 host (scans for ports 1 through 1024)
Get-HotFix Obtains a list of all installed hotfixes
cd HKLM: and then ls Navigates the Windows registry
Get-NetFirewallRule –all or New-NetFirewallRule -Action Allow -DisplayName LetMeIn-RemoteAddress 10.6.6.6 Lists and modifies the Windows firewall rules
Get-Command Gets a list of all available commands