Get Parameter Names used by PowerShell functions

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In the past week I have been looking at some Powershell best practices. One of these is to re-use Powershell parameter names so commands feel more intuitive.

Does anyone have a function for retrieving parameter names for all functions?

Martin Brandl · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-29 09:34:01Z

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You can use the Get-Command cmdlet to retrieve all commands and select the parameter names:

get-command | % { if ($_.Parameters) {$_.Parameters.Keys }} | select -Unique | sort

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G42 · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-29 11:56:45Z

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jisaak's post will get you a list of commands as requested; the best practices I read recommended re-using the Powershell verbs which you can get by:

Get-Verb

Modules containing modules that don't use the standard verbs generate a nice error:

WARNING: The names of some imported commands from the module '***' include
unapproved verbs that might make them less discoverable.
To find the commands with unapproved verbs, run the Import-Module command again
with the Verbose parameter. For a list of approved verbs, type Get-Verb.

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Ansgar Wiechers Over a year ago

Microsoft has a list of approved verbs.

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