PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

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Get-Command can help determine the best cmdlet for a task. To find cmdlets, follow these steps:

1. Enter Get-Command to get a list of all of the available cmdlets in PowerShell. The number of cmdlets returned will change based on when you last updated PowerShell and the modules you have loaded:

PS> Get-Command

This may not be particularly useful—what would you do with a list of commands if you were looking for something to do with processes?

2. The lazy way of doing this is by using the following command:

PS> Get-Command *proc*

3. To be specific and look for a command that deals with processes, use the following code:

PS> get-command -no processPS> # Verbose version: Get-Command -Noun 'Process'

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