For someone who has been using bash for years, what’s the quickest way to get productive with Microsoft’s PowerShell? I’ve noticed my old friends ls and ps work, but sadly grep didn’t. I could just man up and read through the piles of documentation, but I’m guessing there is a quicker path to productivity for someone with a long history of bash usage.
I don’t know if it matters or not, but the reason I’m looking to get acquainted is because it seems like there is finally a proper shell on Windows instead of needing to install cygwin, and I’d like to start using it exclusively instead of writing bat files for automated activities like builds and deployments and such.
I’d suggest just man up and read through the “piles” of documentation. It’s actually not that difficult once you get the basics down. You’ll need the knowledge anyway if you intend to do anything even remotely productive with PowerShell.