Just typing Get-Command
will give you a full list of cmdlets (PowerShell commands), alias, and functions. Typing Get-Command -CommandType All
or Get-Command *
will give you a list of all commands including .EXEs in the path and .DLLs
Get-Help
is a cmdlet that give you a detailed description of how to use cmdlets, functions, providers, alias, and anything else that has a help file. Get-Help *
will give you a list of all help files and Get-Help -Category HelpFile
will get you all of the about_ files that describe how PowerShell works.
man
is an alias to Get-Help
which makes getting help quicker and more familiar to Linux users.