commands detail - l

    The PowerShell equivalent of the Unix ls is:

    … for which there are aliases dir, ls and gci

    ls -a

    So ls gives:

    2. README.md

    but ls -a gives

    1. $ ls
    3.     Directory: C:\Users\matt\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\functions
    7. ----                -------------     ------ ---- 
    8. -a---        04/06/2015     13:20       1422 README.md
    14.     Directory: C:\Users\matt\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\functions
    17. Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name               
    18. ----                -------------     ------ ----              
    19. d--h-        04/06/2015     13:20            .git             
    20. -a-h-        20/05/2015     17:33      12288 .function-prompt.ps1.swp

    ls -ltr

    The Powershell equivalent of the unix ls -ltr (or the DOS dir /OD), which
    lists files last update order.

    The unix command lsusb shows USB devices. The PowerShell equivalent is:

    1. gwmi Win32_USBControllerDevice