How to install
Powershell is shipped with Windows so it can be run without any prior installations.
Simply open the Start menu and type powershell. If you see an option with (x86) on the end this means this is the 32 bit version of the application and if you have an option which is just “Windows PowerShell” this will be the 64 bit version and the version you should select as your device is 64 bit.
This post is based from watching the following tutorial.
Syntax
The syntax of PowerShell cmdlets (pronounced commandlets) is verb-noun. See an example below:
Get-Date
Cmdlets perform actions and typically return an object to the next command in the pipeline.* Passing objects to the pipeline will be covered later on.
Cmdlets are also case-insensitive so the following cmdlet is also valid:
get-date
The three most valuable cmdlets in PowerShell
Getting started with PowerShell automatically becomes less daunting when you know the following cmdlets.
Get-Command
This cmdlet will assist you in finding cmdlets.
Get-Command *
This will return a list of all the base commands available in PowerShell. The * usually means a wildcard in many languages so you can use it with other words such as:
get-command *date
This returns the following
CommandType Name Definition
----------- ---- ----------
Cmdlet Get-Date Get-Date [[-Date] <DateTime>] [-Year <Int32>] [-...
Cmdlet Set-Date Set-Date [-Date] <DateTime> [-DisplayHint <Displ...
as both cmdlets have any string before the word ‘date’.
You can use this cmdlet to find any cmdlet when used with the wildcard (*).
Get-Help
What does that cmdlet do? Using the Get-Help cmdlet will assist you in understanding the cmdlet. It’s syntax is Get-Help cmdlet
For example:
Get-Help Get-Date
Get-Member
As previously mentioned , cmdlets typically return an object. The get-member cmdlet gets the members, the properties and methods, of objects *. The example below pipes the date object returned from the get-date cmdlet to the get-member cmdlet.
get-date | get-member
TypeName: System.DateTime
Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
Add Method System.DateTime Add(System.TimeSpan value)
AddDays Method System.DateTime AddDays(double value)
AddHours Method System.DateTime AddHours(double value)
AddMilliseconds Method System.DateTime AddMilliseconds(double value)
AddMinutes Method System.DateTime AddMinutes(double value)
AddMonths Method System.DateTime AddMonths(int months)
AddSeconds Method System.DateTime AddSeconds(double value)
AddTicks Method System.DateTime AddTicks(long value)
AddYears Method System.DateTime AddYears(int value)
CompareTo Method int CompareTo(System.Object value), int CompareTo(System.DateTime value)
Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object value), bool Equals(System.DateTime value)
GetDateTimeFormats Method string[] GetDateTimeFormats(), string[] GetDateTimeFormats(System.IFormatProvide...
GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode()
GetType Method type GetType()
GetTypeCode Method System.TypeCode GetTypeCode()
IsDaylightSavingTime Method bool IsDaylightSavingTime()
Subtract Method System.TimeSpan Subtract(System.DateTime value), System.DateTime Subtract(System...
ToBinary Method long ToBinary()
ToFileTime Method long ToFileTime()
ToFileTimeUtc Method long ToFileTimeUtc()
ToLocalTime Method System.DateTime ToLocalTime()
ToLongDateString Method string ToLongDateString()
ToLongTimeString Method string ToLongTimeString()
ToOADate Method double ToOADate()
ToShortDateString Method string ToShortDateString()
ToShortTimeString Method string ToShortTimeString()
ToString Method string ToString(), string ToString(string format), string ToString(System.IForma...
ToUniversalTime Method System.DateTime ToUniversalTime()
DisplayHint NoteProperty Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.DisplayHintType DisplayHint=DateTime
Date Property System.DateTime Date {get;}
Day Property System.Int32 Day {get;}
DayOfWeek Property System.DayOfWeek DayOfWeek {get;}
DayOfYear Property System.Int32 DayOfYear {get;}
Hour Property System.Int32 Hour {get;}
Kind Property System.DateTimeKind Kind {get;}
Millisecond Property System.Int32 Millisecond {get;}
Minute Property System.Int32 Minute {get;}
Month Property System.Int32 Month {get;}
Second Property System.Int32 Second {get;}
Ticks Property System.Int64 Ticks {get;}
TimeOfDay Property System.TimeSpan TimeOfDay {get;}
Year Property System.Int32 Year {get;}
DateTime ScriptProperty System.Object DateTime {get=if ((& { Set-StrictMode -Version 1; $this.DisplayHin...
This shows all the members the object contains and although all of these are not displayed, they can be using the following commands.
Other useful cmdlets
get-date | select -expand Year
2019
This cmdlet’s syntax is cmdlet | select -expand member and this retrieved the year from the date that was returned from the get-date cmdlet.
The above cmdlet returns a specific member from the object. The below example returns all the properties of the object.
Get-Date | Format-List
DisplayHint : DateTime
Date : 17/12/2019 00:00:00
Day : 17
DayOfWeek : Tuesday
DayOfYear : 351
Hour : 1
Kind : Local
Millisecond : 814
Minute : 33
Month : 12
Second : 25
Ticks : 637121432058143549
TimeOfDay : 01:33:25.8143549
Year : 2019
DateTime : 17 December 2019 01:33:25
The syntax of this cmdlet is cmdlet | format-list
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