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