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Windows to UNIX Command Cheat Sheet

Windows PowerShell has several transition aliases that allow UNIX and CMD users to use familiar command names in Windows PowerShell. The most common aliases are shown in the table below, along with the Windows PowerShell command behind the alias and the standard Windows PowerShell alias if one exists.

CMD Command	UNIX Command	PowerShell Command	PowerShell Alias
dir	ls	Get-ChildItem	gci

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Windows command	Unix command	Notes
set	env	Set on Windows prints a list of all environment variables. For individual environment variables, set is the same as echo $ on Unix.
set Path	export $PATH	Print the value of the environment variable using set in Windows.
set PROJ	--	result: PROJ=c:\project
echo %PROJ%	echo $PROJ	result: c:\project

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