Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed

A Few Basic Cmdlets

Following is a list of a few basic cmdlets and how they can be used, with a brief example:

• Get-ChildItem (aka dir, gci)—Cmdlet used to list child items in a provider. Mostly used to list things such as files and directories in a file system. Example: Get-ChildItem *.ps1

• Select-Object—Cmdlet used to retrieve only specific properties. See Get-Help Select-Object –Examples for examples.

• Group-Object—Cmdlet used to group objects based on their properties. See Get-Help Group-Object –Examples for examples.

• Sort-Object—Cmdlet used to sort objects based on their properties. See Get-Help Sort-Object –Examples for examples.

• Read-Host—Cmdlet used to read input from the screen, usually from a user, before continuing. Example: ...