🔥 Complete Linux → PowerShell Command Cheat Sheet¶

📂 FILE & DIRECTORY COMMANDS¶

Linux	PowerShell
`ls`	`Get-ChildItem`
`ls -a`	`Get-ChildItem -Force`
`pwd`	`Get-Location`
`cd dir`	`Set-Location dir`
`mkdir dir`	`New-Item -ItemType Directory dir`
`touch file.txt`	`New-Item file.txt`
`rm file.txt`	`Remove-Item file.txt`
`rm -r dir`	`Remove-Item dir -Recurse`
`cp file1 file2`	`Copy-Item file1 file2`
`mv file1 file2`	`Move-Item file1 file2`
`clear`	`Clear-Host`

📄 FILE CONTENT COMMANDS¶

Linux	PowerShell
`cat file.txt`	`Get-Content file.txt`
`less file.txt`	`Get-Content file.txt -Wait`
`head -n 10 file.txt`	`Get-Content file.txt -Head 10`
`tail -n 10 file.txt`	`Get-Content file.txt -Tail 10`
`tail -f file.txt`	`Get-Content file.txt -Wait`
`echo "hello"`	`Write-Output "hello"`
`echo "hello" > file.txt`	`Set-Content file.txt "hello"`
`echo "hello" >> file.txt`	`Add-Content file.txt "hello"`

🔎 SEARCHING (grep equivalent)¶

Linux	PowerShell
`grep text file.txt`	`Select-String "text" file.txt`
`grep -i text file.txt`	`Select-String "text" file.txt -CaseSensitive:$false`
`grep -r text .`	`Select-String "text" -Path * -Recurse`

⚙️ PROCESS MANAGEMENT¶

Linux	PowerShell
`ps`	`Get-Process`
`ps aux`	`Get-Process`
`top`	`Get-Process \| Sort CPU -Descending`
`kill PID`	`Stop-Process -Id PID`
`kill -9 PID`	`Stop-Process -Id PID -Force`

🔧 SERVICE MANAGEMENT¶

Linux	PowerShell
`systemctl status nginx`	`Get-Service nginx`
`systemctl start nginx`	`Start-Service nginx`
`systemctl stop nginx`	`Stop-Service nginx`
`systemctl restart nginx`	`Restart-Service nginx`

🌐 NETWORK COMMANDS¶

Linux	PowerShell
`ifconfig`	`ipconfig`
`ip a`	`Get-NetIPAddress`
`ping google.com`	`Test-Connection google.com`
`netstat -an`	`Get-NetTCPConnection`
`curl https://api.com`	`Invoke-RestMethod https://api.com`
`wget https://file.com`	`Invoke-WebRequest https://file.com`

💾 DISK COMMANDS¶

Linux	PowerShell
`df -h`	`Get-PSDrive`
`du -h`	`Get-ChildItem -Recurse \\| Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum`
`mount`	`Get-Volume`

👤 USER MANAGEMENT¶

Linux	PowerShell
`whoami`	`whoami`
`id`	`whoami /groups`
`adduser user`	`New-LocalUser user`
`passwd user`	`Set-LocalUser user`

🔐 PERMISSIONS¶

Linux	PowerShell
`chmod 755 file`	`icacls file`
`chown user file`	`icacls file /setowner user`

📦 PACKAGE MANAGEMENT¶

Linux	PowerShell
`apt install nginx`	`winget install nginx`
`yum install nginx`	`winget install nginx`
`apt update`	`winget upgrade`

🐳 DOCKER (Same in Both)¶

Linux	PowerShell
`docker ps`	`docker ps`
`docker images`	`docker images`
`docker build`	`docker build`
`docker run`	`docker run`

🔥 PIPELINE COMPARISON¶

Linux:

ps aux | grep nginx

PowerShell:

Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.ProcessName -eq "nginx"}

🧠 JSON HANDLING¶

Linux:

curl api | jq .

PowerShell:

Invoke-RestMethod api

🧾 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶

Linux	PowerShell
`printenv`	`Get-ChildItem Env:`
`export VAR=value`	`$env:VAR="value"`
`echo $VAR`	`$env:VAR`

🛠️ ARCHIVE COMMANDS¶

Linux	PowerShell
`tar -xvf file.tar`	`tar -xvf file.tar`
`zip file.zip file.txt`	`Compress-Archive file.txt file.zip`
`unzip file.zip`	`Expand-Archive file.zip`

🎯 Most Important PowerShell Commands (DevOps Must-Know)¶

Get-ChildItem
Get-Content
Set-Content
Add-Content
Select-String
Get-Process
Stop-Process
Get-Service
Start-Service
Restart-Service
Invoke-RestMethod
Invoke-WebRequest
Get-NetIPAddress
Test-Connection
Get-PSDrive

📂 FILE & DIRECTORY¶

Get-ChildItem
Get-ChildItem -Force
Get-Location
Set-Location C:\Path\To\Folder
New-Item -ItemType Directory demo
New-Item file.txt
Remove-Item file.txt
Remove-Item folder -Recurse -Force
Copy-Item file1.txt file2.txt
Move-Item file1.txt file2.txt
Clear-Host

📄 FILE CONTENT¶

Get-Content file.txt
Get-Content file.txt -Head 10
Get-Content file.txt -Tail 10
Get-Content file.txt -Wait
Set-Content file.txt "Hello"
Add-Content file.txt "Hello"
Clear-Content file.txt

🔎 SEARCH (grep equivalent)¶

Select-String "text" file.txt
Select-String "text" -Path * -Recurse
Get-ChildItem -Recurse | Select-String "text"

⚙️ PROCESS¶

Get-Process
Get-Process | Sort CPU -Descending
Stop-Process -Id 1234
Stop-Process -Name notepad -Force

🔧 SERVICES¶

Get-Service
Get-Service spooler
Start-Service spooler
Stop-Service spooler
Restart-Service spooler

🌐 NETWORK¶

ipconfig
Get-NetIPAddress
Test-Connection google.com
Get-NetTCPConnection
Invoke-RestMethod https://api.github.com
Invoke-WebRequest https://example.com

💾 DISK¶

Get-PSDrive
Get-Volume
Get-Disk

👤 USERS¶

whoami
whoami /groups
Get-LocalUser
New-LocalUser user1
Remove-LocalUser user1

🔐 PERMISSIONS¶

icacls file.txt
icacls file.txt /grant username:F
icacls file.txt /remove username

🌍 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶

Get-ChildItem Env:
$env:VAR="value"
$env:VAR

📦 PACKAGE MANAGEMENT (Windows)¶

winget search nginx
winget install nginx
winget upgrade

🗜️ ARCHIVE¶

Compress-Archive file.txt file.zip
Expand-Archive file.zip
tar -xvf file.tar

🔥 PIPELINE EXAMPLES¶

Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.CPU -gt 100}
Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "Running"}
Get-ChildItem | Sort-Object Length -Descending

🧠 JSON¶

Invoke-RestMethod https://api.github.com
(Invoke-RestMethod https://api.github.com).current_user_url

🐳 DOCKER (same as Linux)¶

docker ps
docker images
docker build -t app .
docker run -d -p 80:80 app
docker stop container_id
docker rm container_id