PowerShell: Find Command

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help name

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

Find Command, List Commands

(gcm is alias of Get-Command)

gcm name

Check if a command name is available. (Command means any of {Cmdlet, Alias, Function, filter, Script, app}.) Result includes any app in the Environment Variables $env:path

gcm *z*

List command names that contain z.

gcm name -UseFuzzyMatching

List command names that match letters in name.

gcm name -all

Search all, including commands of the same type that have the same name. By default, Get-Command gets only the commands that run when you type the command name.

gcm name | fl

Make the full path of the command visible.
(fl is alias of Format-List)

gcm name | select -Property Path

Show just full path of the command.
(select is alias of Select-Object)

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

List All Alias of a Command Full Name

Get-Alias -definition cmdlet_name

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