Powershell basics on linux part 1,creating files and folders,deleting files and folders,creating multiple files with variable names using batch processing using powershell 7 on Debian 10

powershell basics

get-childitem
to see the subdirectories in the current directory


get-process
to see the current processes


Create a new folder

New-Item -Type Directory -name FileTest

we can use ls to see if it is created

To see the current working directory or pwd

get-location

Now to get inside a folder or cd

set-location './FileTest/'

to see the contents inside that folder

get-childitem

create a text file

new-item -name test1.text


to delete the text file

remove-item ./test1.text

Using Linux binary or tools installed nside powershell

nano test2.text

write something and save it by ctrl+x

to see the content of the file

Get-Content ./test2.text

to get to the parent folder or cd .. we have to use

set

Set-Location ..

to delete the folder

 Remove-Item ./FileTest/

in this case you will be prompted for confirmation

to create 10 text files with names like 1 to 10

1..10|%{new-item -name "test$_.text"}

ls to see the files created like

test1.txt,test2,txt.... test10.txt