Appendix A
Cmdlets Installed with Windows
PowerShell
The following cmdlets are installed with Windows PowerShell. This list gives you an idea of
the sort of things you can do “out of the box” with Windows PowerShell. Please note that the
description field (returned from Windows PowerShell) is often truncated in this list. To obtain
more specific information on Windows PowerShell emdlets, you can use the Get-Help cmdlet,
as shown here:
Get-Help Set-Location
Table A-1_ Default PowerShell Cmdlets
Name Definition
“Add-Content__—=—=—=—=——S~S—S=«Add-Content[-Path]
Copy-itemProperty Copy-ItemProperty [-Path]
Format-Custom [[-Property] <
Format List Format-List [[ Property] )
Alias
Get AuthenticodeSignature
et Childitem
Get-Childltem [[-Path]
Get Eventlog [-LogName] ]
Get- Host [-Verbose] [-Debug]
Getitem [-Path] .
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Table A-1__ Default PowerShell Cmdlets
Name Definition
je Measure-Object [[-Property]
Move-Item [-Path] .
“Move-ItemProperty________- Move-ltemProperty[-Path]
‘New-itemProperty New-ItemProperty [-Path] <
‘New-Object New-Object [TypeName] ..
‘New-Service New-Service [-Name] .
‘New-TimeSpan New-TimeSpan [Start]
Rename-ItemProperty Rename-ItemProperty [-Path]
Resolve-Path Resolve-Path [-Path] [
Set-Alias Set-Alias [-Name] [
‘Set-AuthenticodeSignature Set-AuthenticodeSignature [
‘Set-Content ‘Set-Content [-Path]
Set ExecutionPolicy [-Execut
Set-Item [-Path]
Set-ltemProperty [-Path] ]
Set-Service [-Name] .
Stop-Transcript
Suspend Service [-Name]