Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

Verbs

The list of verbs is maintained by Microsoft. This formal approach to naming commands greatly assists in discovery.

Verbs are words such as Add, Get, Set, and New. In addition to these, we have ConvertFrom and ConvertTo.

The list of verbs that are available in PowerShell can be accessed as follows:

Get-Verb 

Each verb has a group, such as data, life cycle, or security. Complementary actions such as encryption and decryption tend to use verbs in the same group; for example, the verb Protect may be used to encrypt something and the verb Unprotect may be used to decrypt something.

Verb descriptions A detailed list of verbs, along with use cases, is available on MSDN: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/powershell/developer/cmdlet/approved-verbs-for-windows-powershell-commands ...