PowerShell: Find Command, List Alias

Find Command, List Commands

Get-Command name

Check if a command name is available. (Command means any of {cmdlet, alias, function, filter, script, app}.)

Get-Command *z*

list command names that contain z.

help name

Find the fullname of a name name. For example, help dir

List Alias, Find Full Name

PowerShell cmdlets can have aliases. For example, dir, ls, gci, are all the same as Get-ChildItem .

Get-Alias

Show all aliases. (Get-Alias has alias gal)

Get-Alias *r

Show aliases ending in r

Get-Alias alias

Find the fullname of a alias alias. For example, Get-Alias dir

Get-Alias -definition cmdlet_name

List all aliases of a cmdlet. For example, Get-Alias -definition get-childitem

List Functions

Get-ChildItem function:*

List all functions.