| Alias name | aliased function |
| cat | Get-Content |
| cd | Set-Location |
| chdir | Set-Location |
| clear | Clear-Host |
| copy | Copy-Item |
| cp | Copy-Item |
| del | Remove-Item |
| diff | Compare-Object |
| dir | Get-ChildItem |
| echo | Write-Output |
| erase | Remove-Item |
| foreach | ForEach-Object |
| history | Get-History |
| kill | Stop-Process |
| ls | Get-ChildItem |
| man | help |
| md | mkdir |
| mount | New-PSDrive |
| move | Move-Item |
| mv | Move-Item |
| popd | Pop-Location |
| ps | Get-Process |
| pushd | Push-Location |
| pwd | Get-Location |
| rm | Remove-Item |
| rmdir | Remove-Item |
| set | Set-Variable |
| sleep | Start-Sleep |
| sort | Sort-Object |
| tee | Tee-Object |
| type | Get-Content |
| where | Where-Object |
| write | Write-Output |
$PID and $PWD and the preference variable $OFS also remind very much of Unix.