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- TOPIC
- Get-Help
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- SHORT DESCRIPTION
- Displays help about Windows PowerShell cmdlets and concepts.
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- LONG DESCRIPTION
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- SYNTAX
- get-help {<CmdletName> | <TopicName>}
- help {<CmdletName> | <TopicName>}
- <CmdletName> -?
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- "Get-help" and "-?" display help on one page.
- "Help" displays help on multiple pages.
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- Examples:
- get-help get-process : Displays help about the get-process cmdlet.
- get-help about_signing : Displays help about the signing concept.
- help where-object : Displays help about the where-object cmdlet.
- help about_foreach : Displays help about foreach loops in PowerShell.
- match-string -? : Displays help about the match-string cmdlet.
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- You can use wildcard characters in the help commands (not with -?).
- If multiple help topics match, PowerShell displays a list of matching
- topics. If only one help topic matches, PowerShell displays the topic.
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- Examples:
- get-help * : Displays all help topics.
- get-help get-* : Displays topics that begin with get-.
- help *object* : Displays topics with "object" in the name.
- get-help about* : Displays all conceptual topics.
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- For information about wildcards, type:
- get-help about_wildcard
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- REMARKS
- To learn about PowerShell, read the following help topics:
- get-command : Displays a list of cmdlets.
- about_object : Explains the use of objects in PowerShell.
- get-member : Displays the properties of an object.
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- Conceptual help files are named "about_<topic>", such as:
- about_regular_expression.
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- The names of conceptual help files must be entered in English
- even on non-English versions of Windows PowerShell.
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- The help commands also display the aliases on the system.
- For information about aliases, type:
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- get-help about_alias
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