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Get-Help — Display help information and documentation for PowerShell commands (aliases, cmdlets, and functions)

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Problem

How to use the Get-Help command: Display help information and documentation for PowerShell commands (aliases, cmdlets, and functions). This command can only be run through PowerShell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/get-help>.

Solution

Get-Help — Display help information and documentation for PowerShell commands (aliases, cmdlets, and functions). This command can only be run through PowerShell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/get-help>.

Display general help information for a specific PowerShell command:

Get-Help {{command}}

Display a more detailed documentation for a specific PowerShell command:

Get-Help {{command}} -Detailed

Display the full technical documentation for a specific PowerShell command:

Get-Help {{command}} -Full

Print only the documentation for a specific parameter of the PowerShell command (use * to show all parameters), if available:

Get-Help {{command}} -Parameter {{parameter}}

Print only the examples of the cmdlet, if available:

Get-Help {{command}} -Examples

List all available cmdlet help pages:

Get-Help *

Update the current help and documentation knowledge base using Update-Help:

Update-Help

View an online version of PowerShell command documentation in the default web browser:

Get-Help {{command}} -Online

Code Snippets

Display general help information for a specific PowerShell command

Get-Help {{command}}

Display a more detailed documentation for a specific PowerShell command

Get-Help {{command}} -Detailed

Display the full technical documentation for a specific PowerShell command

Get-Help {{command}} -Full

Print only the documentation for a specific parameter of the PowerShell command (use `*` to show all parameters), if available

Get-Help {{command}} -Parameter {{parameter}}

Print only the examples of the cmdlet, if available

Get-Help {{command}} -Examples

Context

tldr-pages: windows/Get-Help

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