Professional Windows® PowerShell for Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

Chapter 2: Using Exchange Management Shell

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Common Command

Windows PowerShell

Command ( & Alias) Description

MD

MKDIR

param([string[]]$paths);

New-Item -type directory

-path $paths

Creates a new item of file type

directory. * *

TYPE

CAT

Get-Content (gc) Gets the contents of an item at a

specified location.

*Clear-Host is a function and not a true cmdlet.

**MD and MKDIR are functions that use cmdlet New-Item to make items of type Directory.

Windows PowerShell Drives

Windows PowerShell drives are local data stores exposed to the command line that you can access like a

file system drive. Several drives are provided by default. To see a list of all available drives on a server

use the

Get-PSDrive cmdlet as shown in this example:

[PS] C:\ > Get-PSDrive

Name Provider Root CurrentLocation

---- -------- ---- ---------------

A FileSystem A:\

Alias Alias

C FileSystem C:\

cert Certificate \

D FileSystem D:\

Env Environment

Function Function

HKCU Registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER

HKLM Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

Variable Variable

Z FileSystem Z:\

Windows PowerShell drives are exposed via providers, which are .NET programs that present the data

from each store in a consistent format. The following table describes the default providers in a standard

deployment of Exchange Management Shell.

Provider Data Store Description

Alias Windows PowerShell Alias Predefined and user ...