PowerShell CheatSheet – Aliases
An alias is another name assigned to a cmdlet, function, script, executable file, etc. The main purpose is to speed up the call of the command behind and make it easier to remember.
There is a lot of built-in aliases, list that can be obtained by running the following command:
Get-Alias
Yes! Get-Alias has its own alias: gal
The built-in aliases
%
foreach
> ForEach-Object
?
where
> Where-Object
ac
> Add-Content
asnp
> Add-PSSnapIn
cd
chdir
> Set-Location
clc
> Clear-Content
clear
cls
> Clear-Host
clhy
> Clear-History
cli
> Clear-Item
clp
> Clear-ItemProperty
clv
> Clear-Variable
compare
diff
> Compare-Object
copy
cp
cpi
> Copy-Item
cpp
> Copy-ItemProperty
cvpa
> Convert-Path
dbp
> Disable-PSBreakpoint
del
erase
rd
ri
rm
rmdir
> Remove-Item
dir
gci
ls
> Get-ChildItem
ebp
> Enable-PSBreakpoint
echo
> Write-Output
epal
> Export-Alias
epcsv
> Export-Csv
epsn
> Export-PSSession
etsn
> Enter-PSSession
exsn
> Exit-PSSession
fc
> Format-Custom
fl
> Format-List
ft
> Format-Table
fw
> Format-Wide
gal
> Get-Alias
gc
type
> Get-Content
gbp
> Get-PSBreakpoint
gcm
> Get-Command
gcs
> Get-PSCallStack
gdr
> Get-PSDrive
ghy
h
history
> Get-History
gi
> Get-Item
gjb
> Get-Job
gl
> Get-Location
gm
> Get-Member
gmo
> Get-Module
gp
> Get-ItemProperty
gps
ps
> Get-Process
grep
> Select-String
group
> Group-Object
gsn
> Get-PSSession
gsnp
> Get-PSSnapIn
gsv
> Get-Service
gu
> Get-Unique
gv
> Get-Variable
gwmi
> Get-WmiObject
icm
> Invoke-Command
iex
> Invoke-Expression
ihy
r
> Invoke-History
ii
> Invoke-Item
ipal
> Import-Alias
ipcsv
> Import-Csv
ipmo
> Import-Module
ipsn
> Import-PSSession
ise
> powershell_ise.exe
iwmi
> Invoke-WMIMethod
kill
spps
> Stop-Process
lp
> Out-Printer
man
> help
md
> mkdir
measure
> Measure-Object
mi
move
mv
> Move-Item
mount
ndr
> New-PSDrive
mp
> Move-ItemProperty
nal
> New-Alias
ni
> New-Item
nmo
> New-Module
nsn
> New-PSSession
nv
> New-Variable
ogv
> Out-GridView
oh
> Out-Host
popd
> Pop-Location
pushd
> Push-Location
pwd
> Get-Location
rbp
> Remove-PSBreakpoint
rcjb
> Receive-Job
rdr
> Remove-PSDrive
ren
rni
> Rename-Item
rjb
> Remove-Job
rmo
> Remove-Module
rnp
> Rename-ItemProperty
rp
> Remove-ItemProperty
rsn
> Remove-PSSession
rsnp
> Remove-PSSnapin
rv
> Remove-Variable
rvpa
> Resolve-Path
rwmi
> Remove-WMIObject
sajb
> Start-Job
sal
> Set-Alias
saps
start
> Start-Process
sasv
> Start-Service
sbp
> Set-PSBreakpoint
sc
> Set-Content
select
> Select-Object
set
sv
> Set-Variable
sl
> Set-Location
sleep
> Start-Sleep
sort
> Sort-Object
sp
> Set-ItemProperty
spjb
> Stop-Job
spsv
> Stop-Service
swmi
> Set-WMIInstance
tee
> Tee-Object
wjb
> Wait-Job
write
> Write-Output
In the above list, there’s another interresting alias: sal, for Set-Alias
Set-Alias gives us the ability to create new aliases of our own (for good, instead of New-Alias which also creates an alias, but only for the current session). Let’s say that we want to create an alias to quickly launch a script, MonitorWP.ps1 for example. Here’s the command to do so:
Set-Alias MWP Drive:\Path\To\The\Script\MonitorWP.ps1
So now, instead of calling the script by
Drive:\Path\To\The\Script\MonitorWP.ps1
we only have to type
MWP