The first PowerShell cmdlet every administrator should learn is Get-Help.
You can use this command to get help with any other command.
Let see how the Get-Process command works, you can type:
Get-Help -Name Get-Process
and Windows will display the full command syntax.
You can also use Get-Help with individual nouns and verbs.
For example, to find out all the commands you can use with the Get verb, type:
Example
NAME
Get-Help
SYNTAX
Get-Help [[-Name] ] [-Path ] [-Category {Alias | Cmdlet | Provider | General | FAQ | Glossary
| HelpFile | ScriptCommand | Function | Filter | ExternalScript | All | DefaultHelp | Workflow}] [-Component ]
[-Functionality ] [-Role ] [-Full] []
Get-Help [[-Name] ] -Detailed [-Path ] [-Category {Alias | Cmdlet | Provider | General | FAQ
| Glossary | HelpFile | ScriptCommand | Function | Filter | ExternalScript | All | DefaultHelp | Workflow}] [-Component
] [-Functionality ] [-Role ] []
Get-Help [[-Name] ] -Examples [-Path ] [-Category {Alias | Cmdlet | Provider | General | FAQ
| Glossary | HelpFile | ScriptCommand | Function | Filter | ExternalScript | All | DefaultHelp | Workflow}] [-Component
] [-Functionality ] [-Role ] []
Get-Help [[-Name] ] -Parameter [-Path ] [-Category {Alias | Cmdlet | Provider |
General | FAQ | Glossary | HelpFile | ScriptCommand | Function | Filter | ExternalScript | All | DefaultHelp |
Workflow}] [-Component ] [-Functionality ] [-Role ] []
Get-Help [[-Name] ] -Online [-Path ] [-Category {Alias | Cmdlet | Provider | General | FAQ |
Glossary | HelpFile | ScriptCommand | Function | Filter | ExternalScript | All | DefaultHelp | Workflow}] [-Component
] [-Functionality ] [-Role ] []
Get-Help [[-Name] ] -ShowWindow [-Path ] [-Category {Alias | Cmdlet | Provider | General |
FAQ | Glossary | HelpFile | ScriptCommand | Function | Filter | ExternalScript | All | DefaultHelp | Workflow}]
[-Component ] [-Functionality ] [-Role ] []
ALIASES
None
REMARKS
Get-Help cannot find the Help files for this cmdlet on this computer. It is displaying only partial help.
-- To download and install Help files for the module that includes this cmdlet, use Update-Help.
-- To view the Help topic for this cmdlet online, type: "Get-Help Get-Help -Online" or
go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113316.