PowerShell Command-Line Syntax

PowerShell cmdlets use a consistent verb-noun structure, where the verb represents the action and the noun represents the object to operate on.

PowerShell cmdlets follow consistent naming patterns, ensuring that construction of a command is easy if you know the object that you want to work with.

All command categories take parameters and arguments. A parameter starts with a hyphen and is used to control the behavior of the command. An argument is a data value consumed by the command.

A simple PowerShell command has the following syntax:

command -parameter1 -parameter2 argument1, argument2