Get-Job - Powershell 4.0 CmdLet

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Get-Job

Short description
Gets Windows PowerShell background jobs that are running in the current session.

Syntax


Description
The Get-Job cmdlet gets objects that represent the background jobs that were started in the current session. You can 
use Get-Job to get jobs that were started by using the Start-Job cmdlet, or by using the AsJob parameter of any cmdlet.


Without parameters, a "Get-Job" command gets all jobs in the current session. You can use the parameters of Get-Job to 
get particular jobs.


The job object that Get-Job returns contains useful information about the job, but it does not contain the job 
results. To get the results, use the Receive-Job cmdlet.


A Windows PowerShell background job is a command that runs "in the background" without interacting with the current 
session. Typically, you use a background job to run a complex command that takes a long time to complete. For more 
information about background jobs in Windows PowerShell, see about_Jobs.


Beginning in Windows PowerShell 3.0, the Get-Job cmdlet also gets custom job types, such as workflow jobs and 
instances of scheduled jobs. To find the job type of a job, use the PSJobTypeName property of the job.


To enable Get-Job to get a custom job type, import the module that supports the custom job type into the session 
before running a Get-Job command, either by using the Import-Module cmdlet or by using or getting a cmdlet in the 
module. For information about a particular custom job type, see the documentation of the custom job type feature.