PowerShell: Find Command

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 doc or full name of a thing name. For example, type help dir and it'll show the doc for Get-ChildItem.

List Alias, Find Full Name

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

Get-Alias

Show all aliases.
(Note: Get-Alias only work with alias. Some commands are functions, such as help, mkdir. Use help name to see what they are.)

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