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🪟 PowerShell commands cheat sheet: everyday one-liners you can copy
PowerShell is powerful, but nobody remembers every cmdlet and parameter. These are the one-liners people reach for most often when working on Windows machines and servers.
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Find files by name
Get-ChildItem -Path [C:\path] -Recurse -Filter "[*.log]" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object FullName, Length
Search text inside files
Select-String -Path "[C:\path\*.txt]" -Pattern "[text]" -Recurse | Select-Object Path, LineNumber, Line
Show what is using a port
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort [3000] | Select-Object LocalPort, State, OwningProcess, @{n='Process';e={(Get-Process -Id $_.OwningProcess).ProcessName}}
Stop a process
Stop-Process -Name "[processname]" -Force
Kill whatever holds a port
Stop-Process -Id (Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort [3000]).OwningProcess -Force
Test a connection
Test-NetConnection -ComputerName [hostname] -Port [443]
Tail a log file
Get-Content "[C:\path\app.log]" -Tail 50 -Wait
Top processes by memory
Get-Process | Sort-Object WorkingSet -Descending | Select-Object -First 10 Name, Id, @{n='MemoryMB';e={[math]::Round($_.WorkingSet / 1MB)}}
Restart a service
Restart-Service -Name "[ServiceName]" -Force; Get-Service -Name "[ServiceName]"
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