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By Jhon G.

Task Windows Command Linux macOS

CMD PowerShell Command Command
1. System Information
Operating winver `$osVersion = Get- lsb_release sw_vers -
System WmiObject -Class -a or uname productVersio
Version Win32_OperatingSystem -a n

Hardware systeminfo `$hardwareSpecs = Get- lshw or system_profile

Specificat WmiObject -Class lscpu r
ions Win32_ComputerSystem SPHardwareDa
taType

Kernel N/A $kernelVersion = uname -r uname -r

Version [System.Environment]::OSVe
rsion.Version

System systeminfo or `$uptime = Get-WmiObject - uptime or uptime

Uptime net statistics Class cat
workstation Win32_OperatingSystem /proc/upti
me

Network ipconfig or `$networkConfig = Get- ip addr or ifconfig or

Configura ifconfig NetAdapter ifconfig ipconfig
tion getifaddr en0

2. File System and Directory Structure

Navigatin dir, cd Set-Location -Path <path> ls, cd ls, cd

g
Directorie
s
File and icacls, takeown Get-Acl -Path <path> ls -l, chmod, ls -l, chmod,
Folder chown chown
Permissio
ns

Checking dir, fsutil, wmic `Get-WmiObject -Class df, du df, du

Disk Win32_LogicalDisk
Usage

Identifyin N/A Get-ChildItem -Path <path> - N/A N/A

g System Directory
Directorie
s and
Purposes

3. User and Group Management

Listing net user, wmic Get-LocalUser cat dscl . -list
Users /etc/passw /Users
d

Managing net user, wmic New-LocalUser -Name useradd, sudo dscl . -

User <username> -Password usermod, create
Accounts (ConvertTo-SecureString - userdel /Users/[userna
AsPlainText "<password>" - me]
Force)

User and icacls, takeown Get-Acl -Path <path> chmod, chmod,

Group chown, chown, chgrp
Permissio chgrp
ns

4. Process Management

Viewing tasklist Get-Process ps, top ps, top

Running
Processes
Managing taskkill Stop-Process -Name kill, pkill, kill, pkill, killall
Processes <processname> killall

Investigat tasklist, wmic `Get-Process -Name ps -ef, lsof, ps -ef, lsof,

ing <processname> fuser fuser
Process
Informati
on

5. Network and Connectivity

Checking ping, tracert Test-NetConnection - ping, ping,

Network ComputerName traceroute traceroute
Connectiv <hostname>
ity
Identifyin netstat, Get- `Get-NetTCPConnection netstat, ss netstat, lsof -i,
g Active NetTCPConnecti lsof -
Network on i:port_number
Connecti
ons

Investigat ipconfig or Get-NetAdapter - ip addr or ifconfig or

ing ifconfig IncludeHidden ifconfig ipconfig
Network getifaddr en0
Informati
on

6. System Services

Viewing services.msc, sc Get-Service systemctl launchctl list,

Running query list-units, sudo launchctl
Services service -- list
status-all
Starting, services.msc, sc Start-Service -Name systemctl sudo launchctl
Stopping, start/stop/restar <servicename><br>Stop- start/stop/r start/stop/rest
Restartin t [service] Service -Name estart art [service]
g Services <servicename><br>Restart- [service],
Service -Name service
<servicename> [service]
start/stop/r
estart

Configuri services.msc, sc Set-Service -Name systemctl sudo launchctl

ng config [service] <servicename> -StartupType enable/disa enable/disable
Service start= <Automatic/Manual/Disable ble [service]
Startup [auto/manual/di d> [service],
Behavior sabled] update-rc.d
[service]
enable/disa
ble

7. System Logs and Monitoring

Accessing Event Viewer, Get-EventLog -LogName syslog, /var/log/syste

System wevtutil <logname> journalctl m.log, Console
Logs app

Monitori Task Manager, Get-Counter -Counter top, htop, Activity

ng Performance "\Processor(_Total)\% htop Monitor, top,
System Monitor Processor Time" htop
Resource
Usage

Analyzing Event Viewer, Select-String -Pattern grep, tail, grep, tail, less
Log Files wevtutil <pattern> -Path <path> less

8. Package Management

Managing Chocolatey, Get-Package apt, yum, Homebrew,

Software Scoop dnf MacPorts
Packages
Listing choco list -- `Get-Package dpkg -l, apt brew list, port
Installed localonly, scoop list -- installed
Packages list installed,
and rpm -qa
Versions

Configuri Chocolatey, Register-PackageSource - apt, yum, Homebrew,

ng Scoop ProviderName dnf MacPorts
Package <providername> -Location
Repositor <location> -Name <name>
ies

9. Security and Encryption

Checking certutil -hashfile Get-FileHash -Path <path> sha256sum shasum -a 256
File [file] [file], [file], md5
Integrity [hash_algorithm md5sum [file]
] [file]

Working BitLocker, EFS Import-Certificate -FilePath GPG, FileVault,

with <certificatefile> OpenSSL encryption
Encryptio utilities
n Tools
and Keys

Scanning Windows `Get-MpThreatCatalog ClamAV, XProtect,

for Defender, rkhunter, ClamAV,
Malware Security chkrootkit EtreCheck,
and Essentials KnockKnock
Security
Vulnerabi
lities

10. System Maintenance and Automation

Schedulin Task Scheduler Register-ScheduledJob - Cron, launchd, cron

g and Name <jobname> - crontab
Managing ScriptBlock {<scriptblock>}
Tasks and
Cron Jobs
Automati Batch files (.bat, Create a .ps1 script file and Bash scripts Bash scripts,
ng .cmd), execute it using Automator,
Repetitiv PowerShell PowerShell.exe -File AppleScript
e Tasks scripts <scriptfile>
with Shell
Scripts

Configuri Windows New-WBBackupTarget - rsync, tar, Time Machine,

ng Backup, third- BackupTarget <path> cron rsync, cron
System party backup
Backups tools

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