02 the help system

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02 | The Help systemJeffrey Snover | Distinguished Engineer & Lead ArchitectJason Helmick | Senior Technologist, Concentrated Technology

Course Topics

Getting Started with PowerShell

01 | Don’t fear the shell 06 | The pipeline : Deeper

02 | The Help system07 | The Power in the Shell - Remoting

03 | The pipeline : Getting connected

08 | Getting prepared for automation

04 | Extending the shell09 | Automation in scale - Remoting

05 | Objects for the Admin10 | Introducing scripting and toolmaking

• Why you need help

• Updatable Help

• Discoverability with the Help system

• Understanding Syntax

• Real-World using Help

Module Overview

Why you need help

• Vast resource at your finger tips to help make you successful

• Don’t memorize – Discover!

• Thousands of cmdlets – all have help!

• Scripting resources and information

• Advanced PowerShell configuration information

Updatable Help

• Update to the latest version of Help

• Save-Help to save to a local location

Discoverability with the Help system

• Get-Help versus Help and Man

• Help <cmdlet>

• Help *partial*

• Help <verb/noun>

• Help <cmdlet> -Full

• Help <cmdlet> -Online

• Help <cmdlet> -ShowCommand

• Get-Help About_*

Understanding Syntax

• The meaning of Syntax

• Parameter sets

- Indicates A Parameter

<> Indicates Arguments

[] Argument Accepts Multiple Values [Param] is Positional

[Param Arg] is Optional

Real-World using Help

Questions or comments?

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