PowerShell: Builtin Help
help name
- Show the doc or full name of a thing name.
pwsh help dir
, on Microsoft Windows 10
help name -online
- Show help in a browser.
help help
- Show how to use help, and topics.
help about*
- List all help topics starting with “about”, useful for looking up syntax and data structure.
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.