Essential Commands

Get-Help *command* -examples # help command, similar to man in linux
Get-ChildItem # similar to dir or ls command 
Get-hotfix # shows security patches
Get-ChildItem | Format-Table Name # similar to Get-ChildItem, outputs the Name column only
Get-ChildItem | Format-List # prints in detail (file property) in the current dir 
Get-Process | Out-Gridview # displays selected properties of the running processes in a grid view
Get-Help Out-File -Examples | more # help command outputs to file
Get-ChildItem | Out-file -Filepath C:\Windows\file.txt # outputs "dir" in a file to specified path, similar to Get-Content  -Path C:\Windows\file.txt
Get-Location   # outputs the current directory, similar to pwd
Commands 1

Variables, Functions, Arrays and Loops

Variables: $a , $b
Operators:  -replace, -in, -ne, -eq, -le, -ge, -gt, -lt, -match, -join eg: "wel", "in" -join "come", -split, -is, -as, -and, -or etc
Types : $a="sahil" $a.GetType()
Here String: @" Hello World "@
Type Casting/Conversion: $a=2+3.33    [int] $a returns 5 
Array: $array=1,2,3,4   $array.length , $array[0] etc  / empty array $emptyarray=@() /
Loops: For, foreach, While  /Loop-cmdlet: ForEach-Object , Where-Object /
Get-Process | ForEach-Object {$_.Name}  // similar to Get-Process |ft Name //
Get-ChildItem | Where-Object {$_.Name -match "ss.txt"}

String Comparison

$FirstName = 'Trevor'
$FirstName -like 'T*' # Perform string comparison using the -like operator, which supports the wildcard (*) character. Returns $true

Operators

$a = 2    # Basic variable assignment operator
$a += 1   # Incremental assignment operator
$a -= 1   # Decrement assignment operator
$a -eq 0  # Equality comparison operator
$a -ne 5  # Not-equal comparison operator
$a -gt 2  # Greater than comparison operator
$a -lt 3  # Less than comparison operator

Function Example

function add($a,$b) {

$a+$b

}

// You can Directly call function without parenthesis like : add 1 2 //

SWITCH:

function add($a,$b,[switch]$file) {

if($file) { $a-$b } ;  puts a value in b and b value in a 

$a+$b

}

Regular Expressions

'Trevor' -match '^T\w*' # Perform a regular expression match against a string value. # Returns $true and populates $matches variable
$matches[0] # Returns 'Trevor', based on the above match

@('Trevor', 'Billy', 'Bobby') -match '^B' # Perform a regular expression match against an array of string values. Returns Billy, Bobby

Flow Control

if (1 -eq 1) { } # Do something if 1 is equal to 1

do { 'hi' } while ($false) # Loop while a condition is true (always executes at least once)

while ($false) { 'hi' } # While loops are not guaranteed to run at least once
while ($true) { } # Do something indefinitely
while ($true) { if (1 -eq 1) { break } } # Break out of an infinite while loop conditionally

for ($i = 0; $i -le 10; $i++) { Write-Host $i } # Iterate using a for..loop
foreach ($item in (Get-Process)) { } # Iterate over items in an array

switch ('test') { 'test' { 'matched'; break } } # Use the switch statement to perform actions based on conditions. Returns string 'matched'
switch -regex (@('Trevor', 'Daniel', 'Bobby')) { # Use the switch statement with regular expressions to match inputs
  'o' { $PSItem; break } # NOTE: $PSItem or $_ refers to the "current" item being matched in the array
}
switch -regex (@('Trevor', 'Daniel', 'Bobby')) { # Switch statement omitting the break statement. Inputs can be matched multiple times, in this scenario.
  'e' { $PSItem }
  'r' { $PSItem }
}

Working with Modules

Get-Command -Name *module* -Module mic*core  # Which commands can I use to work with modules?
Get-Module -ListAvailable # Show me all of the modules installed on my system (controlled by $env:PSModulePath)
Get-Module # Show me all of the modules imported into the current session

$PSModuleAutoLoadingPreference = 0 # Disable auto-loading of installed PowerShell modules, when a command is invoked

Import-Module -Name NameIT # Explicitly import a module, from the specified filesystem path or name (must be present in $env:PSModulePath)
Remove-Module -Name NameIT # Remove a module from the scope of the current PowerShell session

New-ModuleManifest # Helper function to create a new module manifest. You can create it by hand instead.

New-Module -Name trevor -ScriptBlock { # Create an in-memory PowerShell module (advanced users)
  function Add($a,$b) { $a + $b } }

New-Module -Name trevor -ScriptBlock {  # Create an in-memory PowerShell module, and make it visible to Get-Module (advanced users)
  function Add($a,$b) { $a + $b } } | Import-Module

Module Management

Get-Command -Module PowerShellGet # Explore commands to manage PowerShell modules
Find-Module -Tag cloud # Find modules in the PowerShell Gallery with a "cloud" tag
Find-Module -Name ps* # Find modules in the PowerShell Gallery whose name starts with "PS"

Install-Module -Name NameIT -Scope CurrentUser -Force  # Install a module to your personal directory (non-admin)
Install-Module -Name NameIT -Force  # Install a module to your personal directory (admin / root)
Install-Module -Name NameIT -RequiredVersion 1.9.0 # Install a specific version of a module
Uninstall-Module -Name NameIT # Uninstall module called "NameIT", only if it was installed via Install-Module

Register-PSRepository -Name <repo> -SourceLocation <uri> # Configure a private PowerShell module registry
Unregister-PSRepository -Name <repo> # Deregister a PowerShell Repository

Filesystem

New-Item -Path c:\test -ItemType Directory  # Create a directory
mkdir c:\test2  # Create a directory (short-hand)

New-Item -Path c:\test\myrecipes.txt  # Create an empty file
Set-Content -Path c:\test.txt -Value '' # Create an empty file
[System.IO.File]::WriteAllText('testing.txt', '') # Create an empty file using .NET Base Class Library
Remove-Item -Path testing.txt  # Delete a file
[System.IO.File]::Delete('testing.txt') # Delete a file using .NET Base Class Library

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) (Windows only)

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_BIOS  # Retrieve BIOS information
Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_DiskDrive # Retrieve information about locally connected physical disk devices
Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PhysicalMemory # Retrieve information about install physical memory (RAM)
Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_NetworkAdapter # Retrieve information about installed network adapters (physical + virtual)
Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_VideoController # Retrieve information about installed graphics / video card (GPU)
Get-CimClass -Namespace root\cimv2 # Explore the various WMI classes available in the root\cimv2 namespace
Get-CimInstance -Namespace root -ClassName __NAMESPACE # Explore the child WMI namespaces underneath the root\cimv2 namespace
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