PowerShell: Automating Administrative Tasks

Interpreting the cmdlet syntax

The syntax section of the cmdlet help can be overwhelming at first, so let's drill into it a bit and try to understand it in detail. I will use the get-service cmdlet for an example, but the principles are same for any cmdlet:

The first thing to notice is that there are three different get-service calls illustrated here. They correspond to the PowerShell concept of ParameterSets, but you can think of them as different use cases for the cmdlet. Each ParameterSet, or use case will have at least one unique parameter. In this case, the first includes the –Name parameter, the second includes –DisplayName, and the third has ...