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

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