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Home ยป PowerShell Abbreviation Table

PowerShell Abbreviation Table

May 1, 2020 - by Zsolt Agoston - last edited on July 27, 2026

Have you ever wondered while typing the same long PowerShell command again and again, that there must be an abbreviation for at least a few of them? Here you go:

ResolvedCommand Name
ForEach-Object %
Where-Object ?
Add-Content ac
Add-PSSnapin asnp
Get-Content cat
Set-Location cd
ConvertFrom-String CFS
Set-Location chdir
Clear-Content clc
Clear-Host clear
Clear-History clhy
Clear-Item cli
Clear-ItemProperty clp
Clear-Host cls
Clear-Variable clv
Connect-PSSession cnsn
Compare-Object compare
Copy-Item copy
Copy-Item cp
Copy-Item cpi
Copy-ItemProperty cpp
Invoke-WebRequest curl
Convert-Path cvpa
Disable-PSBreakpoint dbp
Remove-Item del
Compare-Object diff
Get-ChildItem dir
Disconnect-PSSession dnsn
Enable-PSBreakpoint ebp
Write-Output echo
Export-Alias epal
Export-Csv epcsv
Export-PSSession epsn
Remove-Item erase
Enter-PSSession etsn
Exit-PSSession exsn
Format-Custom fc
Format-Hex fhx
Format-List fl
ForEach-Object foreach
Format-Table ft
Format-Wide fw
Get-Alias gal
Get-PSBreakpoint gbp
Get-Content gc
Get-Clipboard gcb
Get-ChildItem gci
Get-Command gcm
Get-PSCallStack gcs
Get-PSDrive gdr
Get-History ghy
Get-Item gi
Get-ComputerInfo gin
Get-Job gjb
Get-Location gl
Get-Member gm
Get-Module gmo
Get-ItemProperty gp
Get-Process gps
Get-ItemPropertyValue gpv
Group-Object group
Get-PSSession gsn
Get-PSSnapin gsnp
Get-Service gsv
Get-TimeZone gtz
Get-Unique gu
Get-Variable gv
Get-WmiObject gwmi
Get-History h
Get-History history
Invoke-Command icm
Invoke-Expression iex
Invoke-History ihy
Invoke-Item ii
Import-Alias ipal
Import-Csv ipcsv
Import-Module ipmo
Import-PSSession ipsn
Invoke-RestMethod irm
powershell_ise.exe ise
Invoke-WmiMethod iwmi
Invoke-WebRequest iwr
Stop-Process kill
Out-Printer lp
Get-ChildItem ls
help man
mkdir md
Measure-Object measure
Move-Item mi
New-PSDrive mount
Move-Item move
Move-ItemProperty mp
Move-Item mv
New-Alias nal
New-PSDrive ndr
New-Item ni
New-Module nmo
New-PSSessionConfigurationFile npssc
New-PSSession nsn
New-Variable nv
Out-GridView ogv
Out-Host oh
Pop-Location popd
Get-Process ps
Push-Location pushd
Get-Location pwd
Invoke-History r
Remove-PSBreakpoint rbp
Receive-Job rcjb
Receive-PSSession rcsn
Remove-Item rd
Remove-PSDrive rdr
Rename-Item ren
Remove-Item ri
Remove-Job rjb
Remove-Item rm
Remove-Item rmdir
Remove-Module rmo
Rename-Item rni
Rename-ItemProperty rnp
Remove-ItemProperty rp
Remove-PSSession rsn
Remove-PSSnapin rsnp
Resume-Job rujb
Remove-Variable rv
Resolve-Path rvpa
Remove-WmiObject rwmi
Start-Job sajb
Set-Alias sal
Start-Process saps
Start-Service sasv
Set-PSBreakpoint sbp
Set-Content sc
Set-Clipboard scb
Select-Object select
Set-Variable set
Show-Command shcm
Set-Item si
Set-Location sl
Start-Sleep sleep
Select-String sls
Sort-Object sort
Set-ItemProperty sp
Stop-Job spjb
Stop-Process spps
Stop-Service spsv
Start-Process start
Set-TimeZone stz
Suspend-Job sujb
Set-Variable sv
Set-WmiInstance swmi
Tee-Object tee
Trace-Command trcm
Get-Content type
Invoke-WebRequest wget
Where-Object where
Wait-Job wjb
Write-Output write

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