- Display a list of running processes.
get-process- Display the 100 most recent entries from the Application event log. (Don’t use Get-WinEvent for this. We’ve shown you another command that will do this task.) This is for Windows operating systems only.
Get-EventLog -Newest 100 -LogName Application- Display a list of all commands that are of the cmdlet type. (This is tricky—we’ve shown you Get-Command, but you’re going to have to read the help to find out how to narrow down the list as we’ve asked.)
Get-Command -CommandType Cmdletoutput:
CommandType Name ModuleName
----------- ---- ----------
Cmdlet Add-BitsFile BitsTransfer
Cmdlet Add-Computer Microsoft.PowerShell.Management
Cmdlet Add-Content Microsoft.PowerShell.Management
Cmdlet Add-History Microsoft.PowerShell.Core
Cmdlet Add-JobTrigger PSScheduledJob
Cmdlet Add-Member Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
Cmdlet Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.PowerShell.Core
Cmdlet Add-Type Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
- Display a list of all aliases.
Get-Aliasoutput:
CommandType Name ModuleName
----------- ---- ----------
Alias % -> ForEach-Object
Alias ? -> Where-Object
Alias ac -> Add-Content
Alias asnp -> Add-PSSnapin
Alias cat -> Get-Content
Alias cd -> Set-Location
Alias chdir -> Set-Location
Alias clc -> Clear-Content
Alias clear -> Clear-Host
Alias clhy -> Clear-History
Alias cli -> Clear-Item
Alias clp -> Clear-ItemProperty
Alias cls -> Clear-Host
Alias clv -> Clear-Variable
Alias cnsn -> Connect-PSSession
- Make a new alias, so you can run np to launch Notepad from a PowerShell prompt. This is for Windows only unless you’ve installed wine on Linux.
New-Alias -Name np -Value Notepad- Display a list of services that begin with the letter M. Again, read the help for the necessary command—and don’t forget that the asterisk (*) is a near-universal wildcard in PowerShell. Note that this will work only on Windows operating -systems.
Get-Service -Name M*- Display a list of all Windows Firewall rules. You’ll need to use Help or Get-Command to discover the necessary cmdlet. Again, this will work only on Windows operating systems.
get-help *firewall*output:
Name Category Module Synopsis
---- -------- ------ --------
Copy-NetFirewallRule Function NetSecurity ...
Disable-NetFirewallRule Function NetSecurity ...
Enable-NetFirewallRule Function NetSecurity ...
Get-NetFirewallAddressFilter Function NetSecurity ...
Get-NetFirewallApplicationFilter Function NetSecurity ...
Get-NetFirewallInterfaceFilter Function NetSecurity ...
Get-NetFirewallInterfaceTypeFi... Function NetSecurity ...
Get-NetFirewallPortFilter Function NetSecurity ...
Get-NetFirewallProfile Function NetSecurity ...
Get-NetFirewallRule Function NetSecurity ...
Get-NetFirewallSecurityFilter Function NetSecurity ...
Get-NetFirewallServiceFilter Function NetSecurity ...
Get-Help Get-NetFirewallRuleoutput:
NAME
Get-NetFirewallRule
SYNOPSIS
Retrieves firewall rules from the target computer.
- Display a list of all Windows Firewall rules. You’ll need to use Help or Get-Command to discover the necessary cmdlet. Again, this will work only on Windows operating systems.
Get-Help Get-NetFirewallRule -Detailedoutput:
-Direction <Direction[]>
Specifies that matching firewall rules of the indicated direction are retrieved.
This parameter specifies which direction of traffic to match with this rule.
The acceptable values for this parameter are: Inbound or Outbound.
The default value is Inbound.
Get-NetFirewallRule -Direction Inbound