PowerShell: Builtin Help

help help

Show how to use help, and topics.

help dir

Show doc for “dir”

help *r

List all commands ending in “r”

Help Screen Keys

These are the basic keys.

• Space → show next screen.
• h → show key help.
• q → quit.

On Windows, to see previous page: exit help, then PageUp. On Linux/MacOS, press b.

Tab Key for Name Completion

Press Tab key for name completion. Press Tab again to see next choice.

Completion work on option names too. For example, type help dir -e then Tab.