PowerShell provides a collection of cmdlets specifically for the purposes of interacting with file systems.

The following table lists the key file system related cmdlets.

Cmdlet Name	Description
Get-ChildItem	Gets the child items (files and folders)
New-Item	Creates file or folder
Copy-Item	Copies file or folder
Get-Content	Gets the content of a file
Get-Location	Gets the current directory
Clear-Item	Clears content of a file
Move-Item	Moves file or folder
Remove-Item	Deletes file or folder
Rename-Item	Renames file or folder
Set-Content	Sets file content
Add-Content	Append content to file
Set-Item	Sets file content
Set-Location	Sets current directory
Test-Path	Check existence of a file or folder