Get-Help Get-Process // find command info
Get-Command -Name A* -CommandType cmdlet // find all commands installed
Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Program Files" // find all folders & sub folders
Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Program Files\java" -Recurse | Select FullName // find all files
Set-Location "C:\Users\usrename\Documents" // change current dir
OS information
systeminfo.exe /fo csv | ConvertFrom-Csv
Get-ComputerInfo | Select WindowsProductName, WindowsVersion, OsHardwareAbstractionLayer
winver
(Get-CimInstance Win32_BIOS).SMBIOSBIOSVersion // BIOS Version
(Get-CimInstance Win32_BIOS).SerialNumber // Serial Number
(Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystem).Model // Model
Get-CimInstance Win32_Printer | Select-Object Name, PortName, Default // Printers
(Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystem).Domain // AD Domain
(Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUpTime // Time of the Last Reboot
(Get-PSDrive $Env:SystemDrive.Trim(':')).Free/1GB //Get Free Space for System Drive
IO
---# Copy & Move
Copy-Item "D:\myFolder1" -Destination "D:\myFolder2" -Recurse // Copy-paste files and folders
Move-Item -Path "E:\Folder1" -Destination "E:\Folder2" // move folder
Remove-Item E:\Folder1\myFile.txt // remove file
---# Content
// Set content
Set-Content -Path .\myFile.txt -Value 'This is content...'
// Get file content
Get-Content -Path .\myFile.txt
// Get content of all *.log files in the C:\myDir directory
Get-Content -Path C:\myDir\* -Filter *.log
Get-Content ./myFile.log -Tail 5 –Wait // follow a File
Get-Content -Path .\myFile.txt -TotalCount 5 // first 5 lines
(Get-Content -Path .\myFile.txt -TotalCount 25)[-1] // return the line 25
Get-Item -Path .\myFile.txt | Get-Content -Tail 1 // last line
Get-Content -Path .\myFile.txt -Raw // get as one string
(Get-Content -Path .\myFile.txt).Count // Count lines
Clear-Content -Path "E:\myFile.txt" // delete the contents of the file without deleting the file
Get-ChildItem -Directory // List Subdir in the Current Directory
---# Zip / Unzip
Compress-Archive -Path "C:\myDir\*.log" -DestinationPath "C:\myDir.zip"
Compress-Archive -LiteralPath "C:\myDir\file1.txt","C:\myDir\file2.txt" -DestinationPath "C:\myFiles.zip"
Expand-Archive -LiteralPath "C:\myDir.zip" -DestinationPath "C:\myDir2"
Services
Get-Process // listing all active system processes
Start-Process notepad // start process
Get-Service -Name "Win*" // find services
Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.status -eq "Started"} // List Started Services
Network
---# Test & diagnostic
// Sends ICMP echo req, or pings, to one or more computers
Test-Connection -TargetName Server01 -IPv4
Test-Connection -TargetName Server01, Server02, Server12
Test-Connection -TargetName www.google.com -Traceroute // PowerShell 6.0
// Displays diagnostic info for a connection
Test-NetConnection
Test-NetConnection -Port 80 -InformationLevel "Detailed" // locally
Test-NetConnection -ComputerName "www.google.com" -InformationLevel "Detailed" // remotly
---# Find & listing
(Invoke-RestMethod ipinfo.io/json).ip // Your Public IP
// find all listening & established connections
netstat -a
Get-NetTCPConnection -State Listen
// Process listening on a TCP
Get-Process -Id (Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 8080).OwningProcess
// Process listening on a UDP
Get-Process -Id (Get-NetUDPEndpoint -LocalPort 53).OwningProcess
---# Network information
Get-NetAdapter // Gets network adapter properties.
Restart-NetAdapter // Restarts network adapter.
Get-NetIPAddress // Gets the IP address configuration.
// Gets an IP interface
Get-NetIPInterface
Get-NetIPInterface | Format-Table
// Gets IP route info from IP routing table.
Get-NetRoute
Get-NetRoute | Format-List -Property *
---# Displays session's history
Get-History
// Path history file
(Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath // get
Set-PSReadlineOption –HistorySavePath C:\Temp\NewHistory.txt // update
---# Add / Append
// Add / import history of a different session
Get-History | Export-Csv c:\Tmp\history.csv -IncludeTypeInformation
Import-Csv c:\Tmp\history.csv | Add-History
---# Delete history
Clear-History
Clear-History -Count 5 -Newest
Remove-Item (Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath // clear history
Clear-History -CommandLine *Help*, *Syntax // match criteria
Clear-History -Id 3, 5
DNS
---# DNS query resolution
// Performs a DNS query resolution for the specified name
Resolve-DnsName -Name www.google.com
Resolve-DnsName -Name www.google.com -Server 10.0.0.1 // Against DNS server at 10.0.0.1.
Resolve-DnsName -Name www.google.com -Type A // queries for A type records
Resolve-DnsName -Name www.google.com -DnsOnly // only DNS, LLMNR & NetBIOS queries are not issued
Resolve-DnsName -Name example.com -Type A -Server localhost -DnssecOk
---# DNS client cache
// Contents of DNS client cache.
Get-DNSClientCache
Get-DnsClientCache -Entry google.com
---# HotFix
Get-HotFix // Get all hotfixes on the local computer
Get-HotFix -Id KB957095
Get-HotFix -Description Security* -ComputerName SRV1, SRV2 -Credential MyDomain\myUserAdmin //Get hotfixes from multiple computers filtered by a string, with cred myUserAdmin that has permission to access the remote computers and run commands.
// Verify whether a particular update installed:
$SRV = Get-Content -Path ./Servers.txt
$A | ForEach-Object { if (!(Get-HotFix -Id KB957095 -ComputerName $_))
{ Add-Content $_ -Path ./Missing-KB957095.txt }}
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