The first thing a language teacher tells you is that you shouldn't translate word for word from your mother tongue; you must think in the new language.
Fully agree, but this list will be a good starting point for that new way of thinking.
| Windows Batch | PowerShell |
|---|---|
| HELP | Get-Help |
| ASSOC | Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts" |
| ATTRIB | (Get-ChildItem).Attributes = 'ReadOnly, Hidden' |
| CACLS | Set-Acl |
| CALL | function |
| CD | Set-Location -Path C:\Temp |
| CLS | Clear-Host |
| COLOR | $Host.UI.RawUI.BackgroundColor / $Host.UI.RawUI.ForegroundColor |
| COMP | Get-FileHash |
| COMPACT | (Get-ChildItem).Attributes = 'Compressed' |
| COPY | Copy-Item |
| DATE | Get-Date |
| DEL | Remove-Item |
| DIR | Get-ChildItem |
| ECHO | Write-Host |
| EXIT | exit |
| FINDSTR | Select-String |
| FOR | For-Each |
| GPRESULT | Get-GPResultantSetOfPolicy |
| ICACLS | Set-Acl |
| IF | if |
| LABEL | Set-Volume |
| MD | New-Item -ItemType Directory |
| MKLINK | New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink |
| MORE | Out-Host -Paging |
| MOVE | Move-Item |
| OPENFILES | Get-SmbOpenFile |
| PATH | Set-Item -Path Env:Path |
| PAUSE | Start-Sleep |
| PING | Test-Connection |
| POPD | Pop-Location |
| Out-Printer | |
| PROMPT | function prompt {} |
| PUSHD | Push-Location |
| RD | Remove-Item |
| REM | # |
| REN | Rename-Item |
| REPLACE | Copy-Item |
| ROBOCOPY | Copy-Item |
| SET | Get-Item -Path Env:* |
| SETLOCAL | $script:VariableName |
| SC | Get-Service |
| SCHTASKS | New-ScheduledTaskAction |
| SHUTDOWN | Stop-Computer |
| SORT | Sort-Object |
| START | Start-Process |
| SUBST | New-PSDrive |
| SYSTEMINFO | Get-ComputerInfo |
| TASKLIST | Get-Process |
| TASKKILL | Stop-Process |
| TIME | Get-Date |
| TITLE | $Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle |
| TREE | Get-ChildItem |
| TYPE | Get-Content |
| VER | $Host.Version.ToString() |
| VOL | Get-Volume |
| XCOPY | Copy-Item |
| WMIC | Get-WmiObject |
| %~d0 | Split-Path -Path $PSCommandPath -Qualifier |
| %~p0 | (Get-Item $PSCommandPath ).Directory.Name |
| %~n0 | (Get-Item $PSCommandPath ).Basename |
| %~x0 | (Get-Item $PSCommandPath ).Extension |
| %CD% | Get-Location |
| %DATE% | Get-Date -Format "yyyy/MM/dd" |
| %TIME% | Get-Date -Format "HH::mm:ss" |
| %TEMP% | $env:TEMP |
| %RANDOM% | Get-Random -Minimum 0 -Maximum 32767 |
| %USERDOMAIN% | (Get-ADDomain -Current LoggedOnUser).NetBIOSName |
| %USERNAME% | [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Name |
| %COMPUTERNAME% | Get-ComputerInfo -Property CSName |