The GET verb is used to retrieve specific property values from an alias. Here are two essential starter commands:
The Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) utility provides a command-line interface for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Before the era of PowerShell, WMIC was a revolutionary tool that allowed administrators to control and query every facet of a Windows operating system, from CPU temperatures and BIOS versions to running processes and installed software. WMI itself is a core infrastructure for management data and operations, and WMIC was the command-line tool designed to interact with it.
Get-NetAdapter | Select Name, Status, LinkSpeed
If your goal is to generate a new process, service, or configuration, you must use the CREATE verb. Below are practical examples of how to achieve this. 1. Creating a New Process
The syntax for the "wmic help new" command is as follows:
CALL : Execute a method supported by the WMI class (e.g., terminating a process). SET : Modify an administrative property value. To get help on a specific alias, you chain the syntax: wmic process /? wmic process call /? Use code with caution. The "New" Way: Transitioning to PowerShell
On modern Windows 11 systems that have not had the feature manually added, a user typing wmic at the command prompt may see the error:
A: In the old system you used /format:csv . In the new system:
| WMIC Command | PowerShell Equivalent | |--------------|------------------------| | wmic os get caption | Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem \| Select Caption | | wmic process list brief | Get-Process \| Select Id,ProcessName | | wmic cpu get name | Get-CimInstance Win32_Processor \| Select Name | | wmic diskdrive get size | Get-Disk \| Select Size | | wmic logicaldisk where drivetype=3 | Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem | | wmic product where name='Java' call uninstall | Get-Package -Name "Java*" \| Uninstall-Package |