Unix/Linux to Powershell Command Cheatsheet

nix-pwsh-cheatsheet.md

Unix/Linux to Powershell Command Cheatsheet

This guide aims to document useful commands that I commonly see used in Linux and Unix environments to their closest equivalent in Powershell.

Command: wc

Use: Counts some aspect of the input stream and returns a summarized value as output.

Linux:

~# echo -n internationalization | wc -c
20

Powershell:

> echo internationalization | Measure-Object -Character

Lines Words Characters Property
----- ----- ---------- --------
                    20

*nix	Powershell	What it does
wc -l	Measure-Object -Line	Returns the line count
wc -c	Measure-Object -Character	Returns the character count
wc -w	Measure-Object -Word	Returns the word count

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Resources:

• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2011/10/09/use-a-powershell-cmdlet-to-count-files-words-and-lines/