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Powershell allows the use of aliases i.e. Get-ChildItem is the same as dir or ls. See Common Commands for more.

Pause powershell: 

write-host "Press any key to continue..."

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[void][System.Console]::ReadKey($true)

This will stop powershell at a line and a user key press is necessary to continue through the script.

Common Commands

Use the Get-Alias command to view all Powershell aliases.

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