Finding Aliases for a Command

by ps1Mar 25, 2009

PowerShell defines a lot of shortcuts (aliases) for most commands. You may want to determine whether there is a shortcut if you find yourself using some commands repeatedly. Use the Get-CmdletAlias function below to find them:

function Get-CmdletAlias( $cmdlet  ) {
  if ( (Get-Command $cmdlet).CommandType -eq 'Alias') {
	  $cmdlet = (Get-Command $cmdlet).Definition
  }

 	Get-Alias | Where-Object { $_.Definition -eq $cmdlet  } |
 	  ForEach-Object { $_.Name }
}

"Aliases for dir:"
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"Aliases for Foreach-Object:"
Get-CmdletAlias ForEach-Object

Finding Aliases for a Command

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