# These Aren't Your Father's Commands

Always keep in mind that while PowerShell has things called Dir and Cd, they aren't the old MS-DOS commands. They're simply aliases, or nicknames, to PowerShell commands. That means they have different syntax.

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You can run help dir (or ask for help on any other alias) to see the actual command name, and its proper syntax.