cmdlets

Run these directly from the command line or use them in your scripts.

New-Item

Creating Files

C:\path\to\somewhere\> New-Item -path C:\scripts\myfile.txt -type "file" -value "Here is some text"
C:>cd \scripts
C:> ls
Mode     LastWriteTime  Length Name
...
-a---- MM/DD/YYYY H:mm      17 myfile.txt
...
C:\scripts\> New-Item -path .\myotherfile.txt -type "file" -value "Here is some text"
C:> ls
Mode     LastWriteTime Length Name
...
-a---- MM/DD/YYYY H:mm     17 myfile.txt
-a---- MM/DD/YYYY H:mm     17 myotherfile.txt
...

Creating Folders

C:\scripts\> New-Item -path . -name myfolder -type "directory
C:> ls
...
d----- blah blah  myfolder
...

Copy-Item

C:> Copy-Item <C:\path\to\source> -destination <C:\path\to\destination>

Move-Item

C:> Move-Item -path <\path\to\source> -destination <\path\to\destination>

Remove-Item

Delete a file/folder/item

C:> Remove-Item <C:\path\to\source>

Rename-Item

C:> Rename-Item -path <\path\to\source> -newname <\path\to\destination>

Test-Path

Check if a file/folder exists. Returns True or False

C:> Test-Path C:\path\to\item
True|False