•Arnošt Havelka
Get Help in PowerShell
Learn how to use Get-Help to discover command documentation.
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PowerShell's Get-Help command is your built-in documentation system. Learn to use it effectively.
Using Get-Help
Try the command
Get help for any command!
Build the command
Get-Help[arguments]
Get-Help
Terminal
PS C:\Users\Student>Get-Help Get-ChildItem
Get-ChildItem
Gets the items and child items in one or more specified locations.
Get-ChildItem [-Path <string>] [-Force] [-Recurse]
Help with Examples
Terminal
Get-Process
Gets the processes that are running on the local computer or a remote computer.
Get-Process [[-Name] <string[]>]
PS C:\Users\Student>Get-Help Get-Process
Knowledge Check
1 / 1Which flag shows practical examples?
References
These documentation links provide authoritative details for the commands used in this article.
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