Powershell Tip #27: Display the help for the parameters of a cmdlet

By | September 1, 2015

Tip: You can find information about a particular parameter or all parameters.

Particular parameterGet-Help -Name Get-Content -Parameter Path

You can get useful information:

  • This parameter accepts an array of strings: [string[]]$Path
  • This parameter is mandatory (true)
  • This parameter is positional (position 1)
  • This parameter doesn’t accept wildcard characters

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All parametersGet-Help -Name Get-Content -Parameter *

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