PowerShell: Automating Administrative Tasks

The scripter's secret weapon – tab completion

Although Get-Command is a great way to find cmdlets, the truth is that the PowerShell cmdlet names are very predictable. In fact, they're so predictable that after you've been using PowerShell for a while you won't probably turn to Get-Command very often. After you've found the noun or the set of nouns that you're working with, the powerful tab completion found in both the PowerShell console and the ISE will allow you to enter just a part of the command and press tab to cycle through the list of commands that match what you have entered. For instance, in keeping with our examples dealing with services, you could enter *-Service at the command line and press tab. You would first see Get-Service, followed ...