Windows PowerShell - Powerful Shell to Control the Resources

This article is for sharing the basics of Windows PowerShell. First of all, a shell is an interface that gives the users to access various system resources so we can conclude what is PowerShell. It is a very powerful command-line shell and scripting language and this mainly designed for System Administrator to make their daily tasks easy. Also, the PowerShell help to automate the task and managing the operating systems through the various customized scripts.

Open PowerShell

Cortana Search – Type ‘PowerShell’ in the search and click the icon

Browse the Folder - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0 (can create a shortcut on the desktop for easy access)

kBasic Commands and Applications

The PowerShell is an open-source tool which is developed by Microsoft and it also supports macOS and Linux based operation systems. Using the PowerShell we can manage different resources like Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, Azure, Office 365, etc. but here I am showing only the basic usage of the PowerShell.

cmdlets – This cmdlet is known as PowerShell commands. We can get all available list using the below command

Get-Command -Type Cmdlet – list all available commands

$PSVersionTable – This command is using for checking the current version

 Get-Help – Will display all information about the PowerShell

Get-Service – We can get all services on the system

Get-DscResource – Display all the resources on the local system

Get-process – Display the running process

Stop-process –id xxxxxx – Stop the process, replace xxxxx to process id

New-Item – Used to create new folder

Create a TheWanTricks.com in E drive  - New-Item -Path 'E:\TheWanTricks.com' -ItemType Directory

Create a new .txt file using the same command

New-Item -Path 'E:\thewantricks.txt' -ItemType File

Rename-Item – This command is used to rename the item

Rename folder test to thewantricks -  Rename-Item E:\test E:\thewantricks 

Topic Conclusion

We have talked about the basics of PowerShell and commands that are used for normal operations. This is just an intro of the PowerShell and will post advanced sections in the coming PowerShell sections. Always keep in touch.