PowerShell Cmdlets

Here are some PowerShell cmdlets that others might find helpful (as they are very much helpful to me). For more details, you may refer to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee156818.aspx.

Cmdlet	Usage	Example
Get-ChildItem	Returns items in the specified folder	Get-ChildItem $folder -include *.cs -force -recurse
Copy-Item (cpi)	Copy files or folders	Copy-Item $folder/$file -force -recurse cpi $folder/$file -force -recurse
Remove-Item (ri)	Delete files or folders	Remove-Item $folder -force -recurse ri $file -force
New-Item (ni)	Create new files or folders	New-Item $folder -type directory ni $file -type file -force
Invoke-Item (ii)	Run executable file or open a file. Alternatively prefix the script with an ampersand (&) and make sure to enclose parameters with spaces in double quotes	Invoke-Item $script ii $script & $script "parameter1" "parameter2"
Get-Location (gl)	Returns the current folder	$currentDirectory = Get-Location
Set-Location (sl)	Change the current folder	Set-Location $newFolder sl $newFolder

*joychua97