File & Directory Management

Task: Show Current Directory

• CMD Command: cd
• PowerShell: Get-Location

Task: List Files and Folders

• CMD Command: dir
• PowerShell: Get-ChildItem

Task: Change Directory

• CMD Command: cd foldername
• PowerShell: Set-Location foldername

Task: Go Up One Level

• CMD Command: cd ..
• PowerShell: Set-Location ..

Task: Create a New Directory

• CMD Command: mkdir foldername
• PowerShell: New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path foldername

Task: Create a File

• CMD Command: echo. > file.txt
• PowerShell: New-Item -ItemType File -Path file.txt

Task: Copy a File

• CMD Command: copy file.txt D:\Backup\
• PowerShell: Copy-Item file.txt -Destination D:\Backup\

Task: Move a File

• CMD Command: move file.txt D:\NewFolder\
• PowerShell: Move-Item file.txt -Destination D:\NewFolder\

Task: Delete a File

• CMD Command: del file.txt
• PowerShell: Remove-Item file.txt

Task: Delete a Directory

• CMD Command: rmdir foldername /S /Q
• PowerShell: Remove-Item foldername -Recurse -Force

Task: Rename a File

• CMD Command: ren oldname.txt newname.txt
• PowerShell: Rename-Item oldname.txt -NewName newname.txt

Task: View File Contents

• CMD Command: type file.txt
• PowerShell: Get-Content file.txt

Task: Clear Screen

• CMD Command: cls
• PowerShell: Clear-Host

Network Commands

Task: View Wireless NIC Info

• CMD Command: netsh wlan show interfaces
• PowerShell: Get-NetAdapter -Name 'Wi-Fi'

Task: Check Network Configuration

• CMD Command: ipconfig /all
• PowerShell: Get-NetIPConfiguration

Task: Flush DNS Cache

• CMD Command: ipconfig /flushdns
• PowerShell: Clear-DnsClientCache

Task: Ping a Website

• CMD Command: ping google.com
• PowerShell: Test-Connection google.com

Task: Trace Network Route

• CMD Command: tracert google.com
• PowerShell: Test-NetConnection google.com -TraceRoute