Basics

PowerShell Version

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Get Help for Any Command

Get-Help Get-Service -Full
Get-Help Get-Service -Examples

Find Commands by Noun or Verb

# All commands that work with services
Get-Command -Noun Service

# All commands that use the verb 'Get'
Get-Command -Verb Get

List All Aliases

Get-Alias

Pipeline — Filter & Select

# Filter objects
Get-Process | Where-Object { $_.CPU -gt 10 }

# Select specific properties
Get-Process | Select-Object Name, CPU, WorkingSet | Sort-Object CPU -Descending

Format Output

# Table
Get-Service | Format-Table Name, Status, StartType -AutoSize

# List (detailed)
Get-Service -Name "wuauserv" | Format-List *