PowerShell

The scripting language for Windows

Install

https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell#get-powershell

Commands

Check Windows status

see popup about activation

slmgr.vbs -xpr

see Windows version information

winver

Remove folder

This is the fastest way to remove a folder:

remove-item -force [file or folder]

Set environment variable

Similar to export command in Bash

$env:NODE_OPTIONS='--openssl-legacy-provider'

Define commands

e.g. set location shortcut:

function cdhome {
  set-location "c:/workspace/home"
}

cdhome

Output

Write-Output "Hello World!"

Reserve network ports

netsh interface ipv4 show excludedportrange protocol=tcp

reserve port 5432

net stop winnat
netsh int ipv4 add excludedportrange tcp startport=5432 numberofports=1 store=persistent
net start winnat

Web requests

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/invoke-restmethod

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/feed/ |
  Format-Table -Property Title, pubDate