rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*

rpm -vv –rebuilddb

rm /var/run/yum.pid

yum

yum clean all

OPTIONAL: yum update

alias                             alias

alias cmd=’new alias’     Set-Alias ‘new alias’ cmd

cat a >> b                   cat a |sc b

clear                           cls

date                            Get-Date

df                                Get-PSDrive

echo “Hi”>>./file         Add-content ./file “Hi”

env                             Get-Variable

grep -i                         findstr /i

grep  <pattern>          Select-String -Pattern  <pattern>

hostname                   get-childitem -path env:computername

ip addr                        ipconfig

ls                                  ls

ls -a                             ls -force

ls -ltr                            ls | sort-object LastWriteTime -Descending

ls -R                             ls -r

nc servername 1433   Test-NetConnection -ComputerName ‘servername’ -Port 1433

ps -ef                           Get-Process

tail -n 10 -f ./x.txt         Get-Content ./x.txt -Wait -Tail 10

time                              measure-command

uptime                         (get-date) – (gcim Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUpTime |select Days,Hours,Minutes,Seconds

wget                             Invoke-WebRequest http://example.tar -OutFile example.tar

which                           Get-Command

who -T                         query user /server:$env:computername

| awk ‘{print $1}’            | %{ $_.Split(‘ ‘)[0]; }

Install an app (with sample arguments):

Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Temp\UpgradeClientInstaller\setup.exe" -ArgumentList "/S /v/qn"

Install using chocolatey:

choco install -y <packagename>

choco upgrade -y <packagename>

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