Appendix A: Cmdlets Installed with Windows PowerShell

The following cmdlets are installed with Windows PowerShell. This list gives you an idea of the sort of things you can do “out of the box” with Windows PowerShell. Please note that the description field (returned from Windows PowerShell) is often truncated in this list. To obtain more specific information on Windows PowerShell cmdlets, you can use the Get-Help cmdlet, as shown here:

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Table A-1: Default PowerShell Cmdlets
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Name	Definition
Add-Content	Add-Content [-Path] <String[...
Add-History	Add-History [[-InputObject] ...
Add-Member	Add-Member [-MemberType] <PS...
Add-PSSnapin	Add-PSSnapin [-Name] <String...
Clear-Content	Clear-Content [-Path] <Strin...
Clear-Item	Clear-Item [-Path] <String[]...
Clear-ItemProperty	Clear-ItemProperty [-Path] <...
Clear-Variable	Clear-Variable [-Name] <Stri...
Compare-Object	Compare-Object [-ReferenceOb...
ConvertFrom-SecureString	ConvertFrom-SecureString [-S...
Convert-Path	Convert-Path [-Path] <String...
ConvertTo-Html	ConvertTo-Html [[-Property] ...
ConvertTo-SecureString	ConvertTo-SecureString [-Str...
Copy-Item	Copy-Item [-Path] <String[]>...
Copy-ItemProperty	Copy-ItemProperty [-Path] <S...
Export-Alias	Export-Alias [-Path] <String...
Export-Clixml	Export-Clixml [-Path] <Strin...
Export-Console	Export-Console [[-Path] <Str...
Export-Csv	Export-Csv [-Path] <String> ...
ForEach-Object	ForEach-Object [-Process] <S...
Format-Custom	Format-Custom [[-Property] <...
Format-List	Format-List [[-Property] <Ob...
Format-Table	Format-Table [[-Property] <O...
Format-Wide	Format-Wide [[-Property] <Ob...
Get-Acl	Get-Acl [[-Path] <String[]>]...
Get-Alias	Get-Alias [[-Name] <String[]...
Get-AuthenticodeSignature	Get-AuthenticodeSignature [-...
Get-ChildItem	Get-ChildItem [[-Path] <Stri...
Get-Command	Get-Command [[-ArgumentList]...
Get-Content	Get-Content [-Path] <String[...
Get-Credential	Get-Credential [-Credential]...
Get-Culture	Get-Culture [-Verbose] [-Deb...
Get-Date	Get-Date [[-Date] <DateTime>...
Get-EventLog	Get-EventLog [-LogName] <Str...
Get-ExecutionPolicy	Get-ExecutionPolicy [-Verbos...
Get-Help	Get-Help [[-Name] <String>] ...
Get-History	Get-History [[-Id] <Int64[]>...
Get-Host	Get-Host [-Verbose] [-Debug]...
Get-Item	Get-Item [-Path] <String[]> ...
Get-ItemProperty	Get-ItemProperty [-Path] <St...
Get-Location	Get-Location [-PSProvider <S...
Get-Member	Get-Member [[-Name] <String[...
Get-PfxCertificate	Get-PfxCertificate [-FilePat...
Get-Process	Get-Process [[-Name] <String...
Get-PSDrive	Get-PSDrive [[-Name] <String...
Get-PSProvider	Get-PSProvider [[-PSProvider...
Get-PSSnapin	Get-PSSnapin [[-Name] <Strin...
Get-Service	Get-Service [[-Name] <String...
Get-TraceSource	Get-TraceSource [[-Name] <St...
Get-UICulture	Get-UICulture [-Verbose] [-D...
Get-Unique	Get-Unique [-InputObject <PS...
Get-Variable	Get-Variable [[-Name] <Strin...
Get-WmiObject	Get-WmiObject [-Class] <Stri...
Group-Object	Group-Object [[-Property] <O...
Import-Alias	Import-Alias [-Path] <String...
Import-Clixml	Import-Clixml [-Path] <Strin...
Import-Csv	Import-Csv [-Path] <String[]...
Invoke-Expression	Invoke-Expression [-Command]...
Invoke-History	Invoke-History [[-Id] <Strin...
Invoke-Item	Invoke-Item [-Path] <String[...
Join-Path	Join-Path [-Path] <String[]>...
Measure-Command	Measure-Command [-Expression...
Measure-Object	Measure-Object [[-Property] ...
Move-Item	Move-Item [-Path] <String[]>...
Move-ItemProperty	Move-ItemProperty [-Path] <S...
New-Alias	New-Alias [-Name] <String> [...
New-Item	New-Item [-Path] <String[]> ...
New-ItemProperty	New-ItemProperty [-Path] <St...
New-Object	New-Object [-TypeName] <Stri...
New-PSDrive	New-PSDrive [-Name] <String>...
New-Service	New-Service [-Name] <String>...
New-TimeSpan	New-TimeSpan [[-Start] <Date...
New-Variable	New-Variable [-Name] <String...
Out-Default	Out-Default [-InputObject <P...
Out-File	Out-File [-FilePath] <String...
Out-Host	Out-Host [-Paging] [-InputOb...
Out-Null	Out-Null [-InputObject <PSOb...
Out-Printer	Out-Printer [[-Name] <String...
Out-String	Out-String [-Stream] [-Width...
Pop-Location	Pop-Location [-PassThru] [-S...
Push-Location	Push-Location [[-Path] <Stri...
Read-Host	Read-Host [[-Prompt] <Object...
Remove-Item	Remove-Item [-Path] <String[...
Remove-ItemProperty	Remove-ItemProperty [-Path] ...
Remove-PSDrive	Remove-PSDrive [-Name] <Stri...
Remove-PSSnapin	Remove-PSSnapin [-Name] <Str...
Remove-Variable	Remove-Variable [-Name] <Str...
Rename-Item	Rename-Item [-Path] <String>...
Rename-ItemProperty	Rename-ItemProperty [-Path] ...
Resolve-Path	Resolve-Path [-Path] <String...
Restart-Service	Restart-Service [-Name] <Str...
Resume-Service	Resume-Service [-Name] <Stri...
Select-Object	Select-Object [[-Property] <...
Select-String	Select-String [-Pattern] <St...
Set-Acl	Set-Acl [-Path] <String[]> [...
Set-Alias	Set-Alias [-Name] <String> [...
Set-AuthenticodeSignature	Set-AuthenticodeSignature [-...
Set-Content	Set-Content [-Path] <String[...
Set-Date	Set-Date [-Date] <DateTime> ...
Set-ExecutionPolicy	Set-ExecutionPolicy [-Execut...
Set-Item	Set-Item [-Path] <String[]> ...
Set-ItemProperty	Set-ItemProperty [-Path] <St...
Set-Location	Set-Location [[-Path] <Strin...
Set-PSDebug	Set-PSDebug [-Trace <Int32>]...
Set-Service	Set-Service [-Name] <String>...
Set-TraceSource	Set-TraceSource [-Name] <Str...
Set-Variable	Set-Variable [-Name] <String...
Sort-Object	Sort-Object [[-Property] <Ob...
Split-Path	Split-Path [-Path] <String[]...
Start-Service	Start-Service [-Name] <Strin...
Start-Sleep	Start-Sleep [-Seconds] <Int3...
Start-Transcript	Start-Transcript [[-Path] <S...
Stop-Process	Stop-Process [-Id] <Int32[]>...
Stop-Service	Stop-Service [-Name] <String...
Stop-Transcript	Stop-Transcript [-Verbose] [...
Suspend-Service	Suspend-Service [-Name] <Str...
Tee-Object	Tee-Object [-FilePath] <Stri...
Test-Path	Test-Path [-Path] <String[]>...
Trace-Command	Trace-Command [-Name] <Strin...
Update-FormatData	Update-FormatData [[-AppendP...
Update-TypeData	Update-TypeData [[-AppendPat...
Where-Object	Where-Object [-FilterScript]...
Write-Debug	Write-Debug [-Message] <Stri...
Write-Error	Write-Error [-Message] <Stri...
Write-Host	Write-Host [[-Object] <Objec...
Write-Output	Write-Output [-InputObject] ...
Write-Progress	Write-Progress [-Activity] <...
Write-Verbose	Write-Verbose [-Message] <St...
Write-Warning	Write-Warning [-Message] <St...