Windows PowerShell™ 2.0 Best Practices

Appendix B. Common Windows PowerShell Verbs

Table B-1 >PROVIDES A list of common Windows PowerShell verbs and their associated grouping. Use these verbs when creating functions that will be placed into modules to avoid nonstandard verb warning messages.

Table B-1. Windows PowerShell Verbs

VERB	GROUP
Add	Common
Clear	Common
Close	Common
Copy	Common
Enter	Common
Exit	Common
Find	Common
Format	Common
Get	Common
Hide	Common
Join	Common
Lock	Common
Move	Common
New	Common
Open	Common
Pop	Common
Push	Common
Redo	Common
Remove	Common
Rename	Common
Reset	Common
Search	Common
Select	Common
Set	Common
Show	Common
Skip	Common
Split	Common
Step	Common
Switch	Common
Undo	Common
Unlock	Common
Watch	Common
Backup	Data
Checkpoint	Data
Compare	Data
Compress	Data
Convert	Data
ConvertFrom	Data
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