From Bash to PowerShell

Mapping bash commands to their pwsh cmdlet equivalents.

bash command	pwsh cmdlet	pwsh aliases
grep	Select-String Select-String -Pattern "text" -Path "file"	sls
ls	Get-ChildItem Get-ChildItem -Path "directory"	gci, dir, ls
cd	Set-Location Set-Location -Path "directory"	sl, cd, chdir
pwd	Get-Location Get-Location	gl, pwd
cp	Copy-Item Copy-Item -Path "source" -Destination "dest"	copy, cp, cpi
mv	Move-Item Move-Item -Path "source" -Destination "dest"	move, mv, mi
rm	Remove-Item Remove-Item -Path "file"	del, erase, rd, ri, rm, rmdir
mkdir	New-Item New-Item -Path "dir" -ItemType Directory	ni, md
cat	Get-Content Get-Content -Path "file"	gc, type, cat
echo	Write-Output Write-Output "text"	echo, write
find	Get-ChildItem (with recursion) Get-ChildItem -Path "dir" -Recurse	gci -r
head	Get-Content (with limit) Get-Content -Path "file" -TotalCount 10	gc -head
tail	Get-Content (with tail) Get-Content -Path "file" -Tail 10	gc -tail
touch	New-Item New-Item -Path "file" -ItemType File	ni
wc	Measure-Object Get-Content "file" \| Measure-Object -Word/-Line/-Character	measure
chmod	Set-Acl or icacls Set-Acl -Path "file" -AclObject $acl	None
chown	Set-Acl Set-Acl -Path "file" -AclObject $acl	None
ps	Get-Process Get-Process	gps, ps
kill	Stop-Process Stop-Process -Id pid or -Name name	spps, kill
man	Get-Help Get-Help cmdlet-name -Full	help
history	Get-History Get-History	h, history
df	Get-PSDrive Get-PSDrive	gdr
du	Measure-Object on folder size Get-ChildItem -Recurse \| Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum	None
wget	Invoke-WebRequest Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "url" -OutFile "file"	iwr, curl, wget
sort	Sort-Object command \| Sort-Object -Property Property	sort
uniq	Get-Unique or Select-Object -Unique command \| Sort-Object \| Get-Unique	gu
which	Get-Command Get-Command commandname	gcm
uniq	Get-Unique or Select-Object -Unique command	gu
count	Measure-Command or Measure-Object command	measure