Getting Help with Windows PowerShell
This course will teach you how to use the Windows PowerShell help system.
What you'll learn
While there are plenty of good books on PowerShell, sometimes you want a piece of information quickly and PowerShell's help is your answer. In this course, Getting Help with Windows PowerShell, you'll learn how to use PowerShell’s integrated help system. First, you'll learn how to update and access PowerShell's help files. Next you’ll learn how to interpret them. Finally, you’ll discover other online resources for getting PowerShell help. By the end of this course, you’ll know how to use help within PowerShell, which will prove to be a critical skill for the future.
Table of contents
- The Windows PowerShell Way 3m
- Windows PowerShell Help Fundamentals 5m
- Demonstration: Update Windows PowerShell Help 3m
- Demonstration: Saving Windows PowerShell Help 2m
- Demonstration: Finding Help 3m
- Demonstration: Using the Help Command 6m
- Demonstration: The About Help Topics 2m
- Demonstration: PSReadline Help Tricks 3m
- Module Summary 2m
About the author
Jeffery Hicks is a veteran IT Pro with 30 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT infrastructure consultant specializing in Microsoft server technologies with an emphasis in automation and efficiency. He is a multi-year recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award. He works today as an independent author, teacher, and consultant. He has been creating Pluralsight content for over 10 years. Jeff has written for numerous online sites and print publications, and speaks frequently at technology confer... more