Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

The Get-Help command

Without any arguments or parameters, Get-Help will show introductory help about the help system. This content is taken from the default help file (Get-Help default); a snippet of this is as follows:

PS> Get-HelpTOPIC Windows PowerShell Help SystemSHORT DESCRIPTION Displays help about Windows PowerShell cmdlets and concepts. LONG DESCRIPTION Windows PowerShell Help describes Windows PowerShell cmdlets,

The help content can be long The help content, in most cases, will not fit on a single screen. The help command differs from Get-Help in that it pauses (waiting for a key to be pressed) after each page, for example: help default.

The previous command is equivalent to running Get-Help and piping it into the more command: ...