One Step Further: Obtaining Help
In this exercise, we use various help options to obtain assistance with various cmdlets.
Start Windows PowerShell by using Start | Run | Windows PowerShell. The PowerShell prompt will open by default at the root of your Documents And Settings.
Use the Get-Help cmdlet to obtain help about the Get-Help cmdlet. Use the command Get-Help Get-Help as follows:
get-help get-help
To obtain detailed help about the Get-Help cmdlet, use the -detailed argument as follows:
get-help get-help -detailed
To retrieve technical information about the Get-Help cmdlet, use the -full argument. This is shown here:
get-help get-help -full
If you only want to obtain a listing of examples of command usage, use the -examples argument as follows:
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