Get-Service - 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-Service
Description Get a list of services Usage Options -name Service names to retrieve. Wildcards are permitted. -displayName Display names of services to retrieve. Wildcards permitted. -inputObject ServiceController object(s) to retrieve. A variable containing objects or a command / expression that gets the objects. -Include Retrieve only the Service Name(s) specified -Exclude Omit the Service Name(s) specified CommonParameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutVariable. Example(s) Get all the services on the computer.: PS C:\>get-service Get services with names that begin "WMI": PS C:\>get-service wmi* Display only services that are currently running: PS C:\>get-service | where-object {$_.Status -eq "Running"} Status is only one property of service objects, to see all the properties: get-service | get-member To retrieve the description of a service use the Win32_Service WMI class: PS C:\>get-wmiobject win32_service | where-object {$_.Name -eq "Schedule"} | format-list Name, Description