Get-Command - Cmdlet Syntax and Real World Examples

April 06, 2018 0 Comments PowerShell, Get-Command

SYNOPSIS

Gets all commands.

CMDLET ALIASES

GCM

DESCRIPTION

The Get-Command cmdlet gets all commands that are installed on the computer, including cmdlets, aliases, functions, workflows, filters, scripts, and applications.

Get-Command gets the commands from Windows PowerShell modules and snap-ins and commands that were imported from other sessions. To get only commands that have been imported into the current session, use the ListImported parameter.

Without parameters, a Get-Command command gets all of the cmdlets, functions, workflows and aliases installed on the computer. Get-Command * gets all types of commands, including all of the non-Windows PowerShell files in the Path environment variable ($env:path), which it lists in the Application command type.

Get-Command without wildcard characters, automatically imports the module that contains the command so that you can use the command immediately. To enable, disable, and configure automatic importing of modules, use the $PSModuleAutoLoadingPreference preference variable. For more information, see about_Preference_Variables (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113248) in the Microsoft TechNet library. Get-Command gets its data directly from the command code, unlike Get-Help, which gets its information from help topics.

In Windows PowerShell 2.0, Get-Command gets only commands in current session. It does not get commands from modules that are installed, but not imported. To limit Get-Command in Windows PowerShell 3.0 and later versions to commands in the current session, use the ListImported parameter.

Starting in Windows PowerShell 5.0, results of the Get-Command cmdlet display a Version column by default. A new Version property has been added to the CommandInfo class.

SYNTAX

Get-Command [[-Name] <String[]>] [[-ArgumentList] <Object[]>] [-All] [-CommandType {Alias | Function | Filter | Cmdlet | ExternalScript | Application | Script 
 | Workflow | Configuration | All}]  [-FullyQualifiedModule <ModuleSpecification[]>] [-ListImported] [-Module <String[]>] [-ParameterName <String[]>]
 [-ParameterType <PSTypeName[]>] [-ShowCommandInfo] [-Syntax] [-TotalCount <Int32>][<CommonParameters>]

Get-Command [[-ArgumentList] <Object[]>] [-All] [-FullyQualifiedModule <ModuleSpecification[]>] [-ListImported] [-Module <String[]>] [-Noun <String[]>]
[-ParameterName <String[]>] [-ParameterType <PSTypeName[]>] [-ShowCommandInfo] [-Syntax] [-TotalCount <Int32>] [-Verb <String[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

REAL WORLD EXAMPLES

Gcm *child*

CommandType     Name                                               Version    Source
-----------     ----                                               -------    ------
Cmdlet          Get-ChildItem                                      3.1.0.0    Microsoft.PowerShell.Management
  • GCM is an alias for get-Command
  • Returns all cmdlets that contain child in the name

Get-Command -Module ActiveDirectory

CommandType     Name                                               Version    Source
-----------     ----                                               -------    ------
Cmdlet          Add-ADCentralAccessPolicyMember                    1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Add-ADComputerServiceAccount                       1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Add-ADDomainControllerPasswordReplicationPolicy    1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject             1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Add-ADGroupMember                                  1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Add-ADPrincipalGroupMembership                     1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Add-ADResourcePropertyListMember                   1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Clear-ADAccountExpiration                          1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Clear-ADClaimTransformLink                         1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Disable-ADAccount                                  1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Disable-ADOptionalFeature                          1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Enable-ADAccount                                   1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Enable-ADOptionalFeature                           1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Get-ADAccountAuthorizationGroup                    1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Get-ADAccountResultantPasswordReplicationPolicy    1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory
Cmdlet          Get-ADAuthenticationPolicy                         1.0.0.0    ActiveDirectory

  • returns a list of cmdlets available for the Active Directory module
  • the list displayed has been abbreviated to save space
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