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

• Get-Command has alias gcm. It's similar to linux which

Get-Command 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

Get-Command *z*

List command names that contain z.

Get-Command name -UseFuzzyMatching

List command names that match letters in name.

Get-Command 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.

Get-Command name | Format-List

Make the full path of the command visible.

Get-Command name | select -Property Path

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