Get-Help - Powershell 1.0 CmdLet

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Get-Help

Description
Open the help file

Usage


Options


Example(s)
List of all help files in the PowerShell help system:

PS C:\>get-help *

Display detailed help for the Get-Childitem cmdlet by specifying one of its aliases, ls :

PS C:\>get-help ls -detailed

Display descriptions of the parameters of the Get-Childitem cmdlet that begin with "f" (filter and force):

PS C:\>get-help get-childitem -parameter f*

To see descriptions of all parameters, type "get-help get-childitem parameter*"

Display only the syntax of the write-object cmdlet:

PS C:\>(get-help write-object).syntax

Syntax is one of many properties of help objects; others are: description, details, examples, and parameters.

To find all properties and methods of help objects, type "get-help <cmdlet-name> | get-member", for example, "get-help start-service | get-member"