Windows PowerShell - Nouns

Introduction to Windows PowerShell - Nouns

In PowerShell, nouns always come after the verb.  Verb-noun, get-Process, new-Alias, set-Location.

Experiment

Experiment with these commands, just substitute the noun that you are interested in:

get-noun  (get-service)
get-noun | get-Member  (get-service | get-Member)
get-help noun (get-help service.  NOT get-help | get-service)

Special note, the pipeline symbol displays as ¦ in PowerShell, but as | in notepad.

Noun List

Acl  (get-Acl)

Alias

Childitem (get-Childitem has an Alias of dir)

Command (get-Command)

Content (get-Content machines.csv)

Drives

Env

Eventlog (not eventvwr)

File (Out-file)

Item (get-Item d:\scripts)

Object (Rare in that get-object does not work, object used with where, new, group and sort, for example, new-object comobject and New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry. Also where-object)

Process

Property (get-Property c:\boot.ini)

Provider

Service

WmiObject

See also Windows PowerShell Verbs

Summary of Windows PowerShell Nouns

Firstly, remember the sequence: verb-noun.  Secondly make a point of collecting PowerShell nouns.  Each construction begins with a verb then a hyphen, finally the Verb or object for example,  get-Childitem.  However, because 'get' is the default PowerShell verb, it is sometimes omitted thus you see 'Service' rather than get-Service.

See more Microsoft PowerShell syntax

• PowerShell Home  • Syntax  • -f format  • Pipeline  • Quotes  • Format-table  • Group  • Select-String

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