Finding Cmdlets

by Oct 14, 2013

Get-Command can be used to find cmdlets, but in PowerShell 3.0 it will often return many more cmdlets than expected. Due to module auto-loading, Get-Command returns not just the cmdlets from currently loaded modules but from all potentially available modules.

If you just want to find a cmdlet from one of the currently loaded modules, use the new –ListImported parameter:

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