Get-Command - PowerShell 1.0
Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting tool based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is designed for system administrators, engineers and developers to control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.
More than hundred command-line tools (so called "cmdlets") can be used to perform system administration tasks and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). These cmdlets are easy to use, with standard naming conventions and common parameters, and standard tools for piping, sorting, filtering, and formatting data and objects.
Get-Command
Description
Back up your Hyper-V VMs Easy & Fast. 100% built for Hyper-V. Free for 2 VMs, forever.
Usage
Options
-name
Get information for cmdlets (or command elements) with this name.
All or part of the name, wildcards are permitted.
-verb
Get information for cmdlet names that include the specified verb.
"Get", "Set", "Remove" etc. Wildcards are permitted and multiple
verbs or verb patterns can be specified: "*et".
-noun
Get information for cmdlet names that include the specified noun.
"process", "Service", "Variable" etc. Wildcards are permitted:"*item*"
-commandType
Get only specified types of command objects:
Alias Powershell Alias
All
Application All non-PowerShell files in the PowerShell path.
Cmdlet Powershell Cmdlet (default)
ExternalScript
Filter All PowerShell functions
Functon All PowerShell functions
Script
You can use -CommandType or its alias, -Type.
-totalCount
Count the number of items retrieved.
-syntax
Describe the item:
alias name, cmdlet syntax, function definition, filter definition,
script path/filename.
-argumentList
Get information about a cmdlet when it is used with a specific argument,
such as a file path or a registry key. e.g., "HKML\Software" or "cert:\my".
This is useful because some cmdlet parameters are added dynamically.
-pSSnapIn
Get the cmdlets supported by the specified Windows PowerShell snap-in.
For more info, type "get-help about-PSSnapins".
CommonParameters:
-Verbose,-Debug,-ErrorAction,-ErrorVariable,-OutVariable.
Example(s)
Describe the 'Set' verbs:
PS C:\>get-command -verb set | format-list
PS C:\>get-command -verb set | format list *
Display cmdlets in noun-based groups:
PS C:\>get-command | sort-object noun | format-table -group noun
Retrieve information about all the elements available to PowerShell (all files, functions, aliases and cmdlets):
PS C:\>get-command *