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To many, the terminal on a system is a daunting place. A black box with a small amount of white text in the top left-hand corner. However, this is the most powerful tool on most systems, and when used correctly can get jobs done much faster than trying to fumble around with a clunky graphical solution some developer figured would make only the features they deemed important to be easily accessed.
In this reference guide, I’ve included the popular terminals in the order you’re likely to be using them:
| Command | bash | PowerShell | cmd | zsh | fish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cd |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
chdir |
yes | yes | |||
Set-Location |
yes |
One of the most common commands you’ll encounter in almost any
terminal is the cd or change directory
command. This simply changes the working directory to another one on the
machine.
Powershell uses a cmdlet Set-Location and the cd and chdir
commands are aliases of this.
| Command | bash | PowerShell | cmd | zsh | fish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cp |
yes | yes | yes | ||
copy |
yes | yes | |||
Copy-Item |
yes |
| Command | bash | PowerShell | cmd | zsh | fish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mv |
yes | yes | yes | ||
move |
yes | yes | |||
Move-Item |
yes |
The move commands can be used to rename files, however, caution should be taken as they can also overwrite existing files.
| Command | bash | PowerShell | cmd | zsh | fish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
rename |
yes | yes | |||
Rename-Item |
yes |
Under unix-like systems, the mv
command is used to rename files. See the Moving a file section for more
information.
| Command | bash | PowerShell | cmd | zsh | fish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
touch |
yes | yes | yes | ||
New-Item |
yes |
For PowerShell, you need to specify the item is a file
New-Item -ItemType file <filename>DISCLAIMER: The information provided on this website is generated from my own notes and is provided "as is" and without warranties. Robert Ian Hawdon can not be held responsible for damages caused by following a guide published on this site. This website contains links to other third-party websites. Such links are provided as convienice of the reader. I do not endorce the contents of these third party sites.