WinMac provides new and most of the commonly used MacOS and Linux commands to Windows Terminal (Powershell), as part of Powershell $profile file content.

WinMac commands

• l, ll, ls, la, ld, lf - show directory content
• cd, c, cc, ..2, ..3, ..4, ..5 - change directory
• of, open - function that opens current, specified folder/directory or root folder of specific file in Explorer
• apt, brew - package manager (winget aliases)
• find/fi - search for files in current directory recursively
• history, hist, h - history of commands used in current and older sessions
• stack - create taskbar stack shortcut
• run, lnk - run program shortcuts from Programs folder
• battery - battery info
• computerinfo, info - shows computer and bios details
• env/printenv, setenv, rmenv - environment variable management functions
• random - generate random string
• user/getuser, adduser, rmuser, passwd - User management
• test-admin - check terminal session elevation status
• psversion, version, psver - shows current Powershell version
• cpy, pst - copy string from Terminal and paste it to Terminal
• home - go to user home folder
• desktop, desk - go to desktop folder
• onedrive - go to OneDrive folder
• z - jump around recent folders

Linux/MacOS-like commands

New Linux-like commands that are added as part of WinMac:

• ditto - copy folder content to another folder
• grep - search strings in files content
• killall, kill - terminate process
• top - list top 10 CPU intensive processes
• ntop, htop - more detailed equivalent of top command
• tree - display the directory structure in a tree-like format
• touch - creates a new text file
• vim, vi - vim text editor
• whatis, man - get help for specific command
• sed - replace string in file
• df - show storage information
• and other like less, head, tail, unzip, wget, nohup

These commands are part of Terminal (Powershell) by default:

• alias - create Terminal alias
• pwd - show current directory
• mkdir - create folder
• mkcd - create folder and go to it upon creation
• mv - move file/folder
• cp - copy file/folder
• rm, rmdir - remove file/folder
• clear, cls - clear terminal
• cat - show file content in Terminal
• echo - print string or variable
• zip - manage zip files
• whoami - show current username
• curl - download files
• gc - get-content alias

Git aliases

• add - git add %args%; git status
• status, st - git status
• commit - git commit -m
• push - git push
• pull, pu - git pull
• rebase - git pull --rebase
• stash - git stash
• branch - git branch
• checkout, ch - git checkout
• merge - git merge
• clone - git clone
• log - git log
• tag - git tag
• pusha, pa - git add -u; git status; git commit -m %args%; git push

Other aliases

• note, np - notepad
• wi - winget install
• wl - winget list
• wr - winget uninstall
• ws - winget search
• ww - winget show
• wu - winget upgrade
• wua - winget upgrade --all
• wuu - winget upgrade --all --include-unknown
• ss - search-string

Examples

list

• l or l itemName - detailed list of all items
• ll or ll itemName - detailed list of all items, excl. hidden and starting with dot
• la or la itemName - vertical list of all items
• ls or ls itemName - vertical list of all items, excl. hidden and starting with dot
• ls -v/lsv or la -v/lav - simple vertical list in a single column
• ld or ld folderName - list only directories
• lf or lf fileName - list only files

open

• open $profile or open C:\Users\username\file.txt - opens folder, where specified file is stored
• open foldername - opens specific folder that is stored in current folder
• open C:\Users or open C:\Program Files - opens specific folder directory
• open - opens current folder

history

• history - shows the list of commands from current and older sessions
• history wsl or history grep winmac - searches through commands history by specific string or set of strings

env

• env, printenv - show all environment variables for current user
• env, printenv windir - show specific environment variable
• setenv name value - set environment variable
• rmenv name - remove environment variable

random

• random - get random string with 10 char length
• random 32 - get random string with 32 char length

user

• user/getuser - list all users
• user/getuser username - show specific user
• adduser username - add new user account
• rmuser username - remove user account
• passwd username - assign or change user account password

stack

• stack C:\Users\username\Favorites - create Stack shortcut for specific directory
• stack . - create Stack shortcut for current directory
• stack go - go to Stahky directory in Explorer

grep

• grep string or grep "hello world" or grep "show this $value" - search for specific string in files in current folder
• grep string -r or grep -r string - search for specific string in files recursively
• grep string -f or grep string -e - include (-f) or exclude (-e) specific files or file extensions in search for current folder:
  • grep string -f/-e file1.ps1
  • grep string -f/-e file1.ps1,file2.md
  • grep string -f/-e *.ps1
  • grep string -f/-e *.ps1,*.md
• grep string -r -f/-e or grep -r string -f/-e - include (-f) or exclude (-e) specific files or file extensions in recursive search

find

• find string - search for file that includes specific string
• find string -r or find -r string - search for file that includes specific string recursively
• find *.json - search for file that have specific extension
• find string*.json - search for file that includes specific string and have specific extension