15 Useful PowerShell Commands for Beginners | Learn Microsoft PowerShell

Microsoft created the PowerShell for task automation and configuration management. If you want to learn the PowerShell and looking for some useful commands to start with, then watch this video till the end and you learn such 15 useful PowerShell commands for newbies. Follow the timestamp to quickly jump to the command you want to learn-- 1. Listing the drives 0:34 Get-PSDrive To list drives with the file system Get-PSDrive –PSProvider FileSystem 2. Listing the files in a directory 1:10 Get-ChildItem To list files in another directory Get-ChildItem path-of-another-directory 3. Changing the current directory 1:36 Set-Location path 4. Creating a new item 1:53 To create directory New-Item –ItemType Directory –Path path -Name name-of-the-directory To create file New-Item –ItemType File –Path path –Name filename –Value “value in your file” To edit content later Set-Content –Path path-of-file –Value “your new value” 5. Viewing file information or printing it 3:10 To view file information Get-Item file-name To view the content of the file Get-Content file-name To view it in an external window Get-Content file-name | Out-GridView To print it Get-Content file-name | Out-Printer 6. Renaming a file or folder 4:03 Rename-Item –Path path –NewName new-name 7. Copying or moving an item 4:34 To copy Copy-Item path-with-file-name –Destination destination-path To move Move-Item –Path path-with-file-name –Destination destination-path To move and rename Move-Item –Path path-with-file-name –Destination destination-path-with-new-name 8. Removing a file or directory 5:44 Remove-Item file-or-directory-name 9. Getting all the commands 6:00 Get-Command To get command of specific type Get-Command –CommandType function, alias, or cmdlet To search for a command Get-Command *search-value 10. Getting help for a command 6:32 Get-Help command-name To get examples Get-Help command-name -Example 11. Getting the list of processes and services 7:04 For processes Get-Process For services Get-Service 12. To stop a process 7:20 Stop-Process –Name name-of-process To stop a particular instance of the process and confirm Stop-Process –Id id-of-process –Confirm -PassThru 13. Get the list of Windows drivers 8:01 Get-WindowsDriver –Online –All 14. Taking backup of drivers 8:15 Export-WindowsDriver -Online -Destination path-for-backup 15. Scan for malware 8:42 Start-MpScan –ScanType QuickScan/FullScan –ScanPath directory-path-to-be-scanned We will be uploading a video on advanced PowerShell commands so subscribe to the channel and press the bell button to get the notification.