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3.0 Beginning with PowerShell 3.0, you can download and update the offline help documentation using a single cmdlet. Update-Help To update help on multiple computers (or computers not connected to the internet). Run the following on a computer with the help files Save-Help -DestinationPath ...

Get-Help can be used to view help in PowerShell. You can search for cmdlets, functions, providers or other topics. In order to view the help documentation about jobs, use: Get-Help about_Jobs You can search for topics using wildcards. If you want to list available help topics with a title start...

You can access online help documentation using: Get-Help Get-Command -Online

Show usage examples for a specific cmdlet. Get-Help Get-Command -Examples

View the full documentation for the topic. Get-Help Get-Command -Full

You can view help for a specific parameter using: Get-Help Get-Content -Parameter Path