How to remember new PowerShell syntax instead of wmic
Legacy commands like wmic bios get serialnumber were simple to commit to memory, whereas the new PowerShell equivalents are difficult to recall. This makes routine administrative tasks frustrating when old habits stop working.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Updating custom scripts to use Get-CimInstance or PowerShell equivalents
- 2Trying to memorize new commands like gcim Win32_BIOS
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Not gonna lie, wmic bios get serialnumber not working hurts me and I still always use it.”source ↗
reserved_seating · r/sysadmin · 1 upvotes
“while it was announced, i could always remember wmic bios get serialnumber rather than whatever powershell one is. it was just easy to remember.”source ↗
rootbear75 · r/sysadmin · 1 upvotes
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