Using the Get-Command, Get-Help, and Get-Member cmdlets
There are some PowerShell cmdlets that everyone should know. Knowing these cmdlets will help you to discover other cmdlets, their functions, parameters, and returned objects.
Using Get-Command
The first cmdlet that you should know is Get-Command
. This cmdlet returns all of the commands that are installed on your computer. The Get-Command
cmdlet has the following syntax:
Get-Command [[-ArgumentList] <Object[]>] [-All] [-ListImported] [-Module <String[]>] [-Noun <String[]>] [-ParameterName <String[]>] [-ParameterType <PSTypeName[]>] [-Syntax] [-TotalCount <Int32>] [-Verb <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>] Get-Command [[-Name] <String[]>] [[-ArgumentList] <Object[]>] [-All] [-CommandType <CommandTypes>] [-ListImported] [-Module <String[]>] [-ParameterName <String[]>] [-ParameterType <PSTypeName[]>] [-Syntax] [-TotalCount <Int32>] [<CommonParameters...