PowerShell vs Bash — command equivalents

Side-by-side translation of everyday PowerShell cmdlets and Bash commands: files, text, processes, networking and environment variables.

PowerShell passes objects down the pipeline while Bash passes text, so equivalents are rarely literal. This sheet maps the task you want to perform to the idiomatic command in each shell — the practical translation, not just the alias.

Sections

• Navigation & files
• Text & pipelines
• Processes & services
• Networking
• Environment & system

Example tasks in this sheet

• Print working directory
• Change directory
• List files (detailed)
• Create directory
• Copy recursively
• Move / rename
• Delete recursively
• Create empty file

41 tasks in total.

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