powershell — Command-line shell and scripting language designed especially for system administration. This comman

How to use the powershell command: Command-line shell and scripting language designed especially for system administration. This command refers to PowerShell version 5.1 and below (also known as the legacy Windows PowerShell). To use the newer, cross-platform version of PowerShell (also known as PowerShell Core), use pwsh instead of powershell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/powershell>.

powershell — Command-line shell and scripting language designed especially for system administration. This command refers to PowerShell version 5.1 and below (also known as the legacy Windows PowerShell). To use the newer, cross-platform version of PowerShell (also known as PowerShell Core), use pwsh instead of powershell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/powershell>.

Start an interactive shell session:

powershell

Start an interactive shell session without loading startup configs:

powershell -NoProfile

Execute specific commands:

powershell -Command "{{echo 'powershell is executed'}}"

Execute a specific script:

powershell -File {{path\to\script.ps1}}

Start a session with a specific version of PowerShell:

powershell -Version {{version}}

Prevent a shell from exit after running startup commands:

powershell -NoExit

Describe the format of data sent to PowerShell:

powershell -InputFormat {{Text|XML}}

Determine how an output from PowerShell is formatted:

powershell -OutputFormat {{Text|XML}}

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