Since these common PowerShell cmdlets do not seem to work on a Linux machine, I decided to try something a bit more basic. I decided to check and see if the Get-Command cmdlet would work.

You can run Windows commands in the Linux terminal and Linux commands in PowerShell. This lets you use whatever tools you prefer for the right job.

While PowerShell on Linux isn't exactly the same as on Windows — modules and commands specific to Windows aren't usable — it's available for folks who need it.

Microsoft is making generally available PowerShell Core 6.0, a version of PowerShell built on .NET Core that runs not just on Windows, but also macOS and Linux. But beware breaking changes.

You read it right. As part of its move toward more openness, Microsoft today said its popular and powerful PowerShell command-line scripting language is now open-sourced and available for Linux.

PowerShell is the company’s command-line language for systems administration, systems management and systems automation.

PowerShell, the company’s flagship command-line environment for automation and systems management, will be released as an open source project and ported to Linux and MacOS.

PowerShell Core is available to Windows clients, as well as macOS and Linux devices. Learn how to install Microsoft's PSC on these operating systems.