Get-Help - Powershell 1.0 CmdLet

Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting tool based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is designed for system administrators, engineers and developers to control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.

More than hundred command-line tools (so called "cmdlets") can be used to perform system administration tasks and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). These cmdlets are easy to use, with standard naming conventions and common parameters, and standard tools for piping, sorting, filtering, and formatting data and objects.

Get-Help

Description
Open the help file

Usage


Options
-name 
        Request help about string
        A cmdlet name, topic or alias, Wildcards are permitted. 
        e.g. -name Get-Member, -name "About_Object", -name "ls" 
        The "-Name" is optional.
        
    -component 
        Display a list of cmdlets with the specified component value,
        such as "Exchange." The core cmdlets do not have a value for
        this property.
        
    -functionality 
        Display help for cmdlets with the specified functionality.
        The core cmdlets do not have a value for this property.
        
    -role 
        Display help customized for the specified user role.  
        The role that the user plays in an organization.
        This parameter has no effect for the core cmdlets.
        
    -category 
        Display help for items in the specified category.
        Valid values for String are:
           * Alias:    Help for a cmdlet by alias name.
           * Cmdlet:  Help for a cmdlet by cmdlet name.
           * HelpFile: Help about concepts ("About_" topics.)
        
    -full 
        Display the entire help file for a cmdlet, including
        technical information about the parameters.
        This parameter has no effect on displays of
        conceptual ("About_") help.
        
    -detailed 
        Display additional information about a cmdlet, including
        descriptions of the parameters and examples of using
        the cmdlet. This parameter has no effect on displays
        of conceptual ("About_") help.
        
    -examples 
        Display examples of using the cmdlet. 
        To display only the examples, type 
        "(get-help cmdlet-name).examples".
        
    -parameter 
        Display a detailed description of the specified parameter.
        These descriptions are included in the Full view of help.
        Wildcards are permitted.

   CommonParameters:
       -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutVariable.

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"