Linux to Powershell Command Cheatsheet

General

Our comparison cheatsheet of frequently used bash commands and their ps equivalents

Bash/Linux	PowerShell
ls	ls
mv	mv
cp	cp
pwd	pwd
rm	rm
cat	cat
grep	select-string
echo	echo
var=0	$var=0
df	gdr Get-PSdrive
wc	measure-object
wc -l	type [gc [object]]|measure-object -line|select lines
ps	ps
find	gci
diff	diff
kill	kill
time	measure-command
if [condition] then something fi	if (condition) { something }
-e file	Test-Path file
for ((i=0; i < 10; i++)) ; do echo $i ; done	for ($i=0;$i -lt 10; $i++) { echo $i }

Networking

Our comparison cheatsheet of frequently used bash networking commands and their ps equivalents

Bash/Linux	PowerShell
ifconfig	Sort InterfaceIndex | FT InterfaceIndex, InterfaceAlias, AddressFamily, IPAddress, PrefixLength -Autosize
ping	Test-NetConnection
nslookup	Resolve-DnsName Resolve-Dnsname -Name -Type <a/cname/txt/aaaa>
route	Get-NetRoute Get-NetRoute -Protocol Local -DestinationPrefix 192.168*
route add -net	New-Netroute -DestinationPrefix “172.16.8.0/24” -InterfaceIndex 16 -NextHop 192.168.2.2
netstat -an	Get-NetTCPConnection | ? State -eq Listen Get-NetTCPConnection | ? State -eq Listen | ? LocalAddress -notlike “::*”
traceroute	Test-NetConnection www.microsoft.com –TraceRoute Test-NetConnection outlook.com -TraceRoute | Select -ExpandProperty TraceRoute | % { Resolve-DnsName $_ -type PTR -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }
netstat	Get-NetTCPConnection | Group State, RemotePort | Sort Count | FT Count, Name –Autosize Get-NetTCPConnection | ? State -eq Established | FT –Autosize Get-NetTCPConnection | ? State -eq Established | ? RemoteAddress -notlike 127* | % { $; Resolve-DnsName $.RemoteAddress -type PTR -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }
who w	ForEach ($log in (get-eventlog system -source Microsoft-Windows-Winlogon -After (Get-Date).AddDays(-7))) {if($log.instanceid -eq 7001) {$type = “Logon”} Elseif ($log.instanceid -eq 7002){$type=”Logoff”} Else {Continue} $res += New-Object PSObject -Property @{Time = $log.TimeWritten; “Event” = $type; User = (New-Object System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier $Log.ReplacementStrings[1]).Translate([System.Security.Principal.NTAccount])}};$res;

Passwords

Generate Random Password

Lastly some commands for generating random passwords:

Bash/Linux	PowerShell
/dev/urandom tr -dc _A-Z-a-z-0-9	head -c${1:-32};echo;
tr -cd ‘[:alnum:]’ < /dev/urandom	fold -w30 | head -n1
openssl rand –base64 14	Add-Type -AssemblyName System.web [System.Web.Security.Membership]::GeneratePassword(12,3)

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