Typical Terminal Operations: Bash vs. PowerShell

Operation	Bash Command	PowerShell Command
File Operations
Create a Directory	mkdir directory_name	New-Item -Type Directory directory_name
Create a File	touch file.txt	New-Item -Type File file.txt
List Files and Directories	ls or ls -l	Get-ChildItem or dir
Remove a File	rm file.txt	Remove-Item file.txt
Remove a Directory	rm -r directory_name	Remove-Item -Recurse directory_name
Navigation
Change Directory	cd path/to/directory	Set-Location path\to\directory
Current Directory	pwd	Get-Location
Text Processing
Display File Contents	cat file.txt	Get-Content file.txt
Search for Text	grep pattern file.txt	Select-String pattern file.txt
System Information
System Info	uname -a	Get-ComputerInfo
Process Management
List Running Processes	ps	Get-Process
Kill a Process	kill PID	Stop-Process -Id PID
Environment Variables
Display Variable Value	echo $VAR_NAME	echo $env:VAR_NAME
Set Variable	VAR_NAME=value	$env:VAR_NAME = value
Script Execution
Execute Script	./script.sh	.\script.ps1
Run as Administrator (sudo)	sudo command	Start-Process powershell -ArgumentList "command" -Verb RunAs
File Permissions
Change File Permissions	chmod 755 file.txt	Set-ItemProperty file.txt -Name IsReadOnly $false
List File Permissions	ls -l file.txt	Get-Acl file.txt
File Manipulation
Copy File	cp source.txt dest.txt	Copy-Item source.txt dest.txt
Move File	mv source.txt dest.txt	Move-Item source.txt dest.txt
Rename File	mv oldname.txt newname.txt	Rename-Item oldname.txt newname.txt
File Compression
Create Zip Archive	zip -r archive.zip folder/	Compress-Archive -Path folder -DestinationPath archive.zip
Extract Zip Archive	unzip archive.zip	Expand-Archive -Path archive.zip -DestinationPath folder
Text Editing
Create/Edit Text File	nano file.txt	notepad file.txt
Networking
Check Network Connection	ping example.com	Test-Connection example.com
User Management
Create User	useradd username	New-LocalUser -Name username
Delete User	userdel username	Remove-LocalUser -Name username
Package Management
Update Package Database	sudo apt-get update	Update-Package
Install Package	sudo apt-get install pkg	Install-Package pkg
Remove Package	sudo apt-get remove pkg	Uninstall-Package pkg
System Services
Start Service	sudo systemctl start service	Start-Service service
Stop Service	sudo systemctl stop service	Stop-Service service
Environment Setup
Set Environment Variable	export VAR_NAME=value	$env:VAR_NAME = "value"
SSH
SSH to Remote Host	ssh user@hostname	Enter-PSSession -ComputerName hostname -Credential user
File Search
Find Files by Name	find /path -name "pattern"	Get-ChildItem -Path /path -Filter pattern
Find Files by Type	find /path -type f	Get-ChildItem -Path /path -File
Find Directories	find /path -type d	Get-ChildItem -Path /path -Directory
File Permissions
Change Ownership	chown user:group file	Set-Acl file -Owner user
File Comparison
Compare Two Files	diff file1.txt file2.txt	Compare-Object -ReferenceObject (Get-Content file1.txt) -DifferenceObject (Get-Content file2.txt)
Text Manipulation
Count Lines in a File	wc -l file.txt	`Get-Content file.txt
File Permissions
Change File Permissions	chmod 644 file.txt	`Set-Acl file.txt -AclObject (Get-Acl file.txt) -PermissionSet “Read”
File Size
Get File Size	stat -c %s file.txt	(Get-Item file.txt).Length
Time and Date
Display Current Date	date	Get-Date
Package Management
List Installed Packages	dpkg -l	Get-Package
System Information
List System Information	lscpu	Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem
Network Configuration
Show Network Interfaces	ifconfig	Get-NetAdapter
Service Management
List Running Services	systemctl list-units --type=service	Get-Service
User Management
Change User Password	passwd username	Set-LocalUser -Name username -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "newpassword" -Force)
File Archiving
Create Tar Archive	tar -cvf archive.tar folder/	Compress-Archive -Path folder -DestinationPath archive.tar
Extract Tar Archive	tar -xvf archive.tar	Expand-Archive -Path archive.tar -DestinationPath folder
Clipboard Operations
Copy to Clipboard	`echo “text”	xclip -sel clip`
Paste from Clipboard	xclip -o -sel clip	Get-Clipboard
File Permissions
Check File Permissions	ls -l file.txt	Get-Acl file.txt