If you've spent any time in the PowerShell, then you're probably familiar with get-command (gcm). Here's an example I threw together taking that to the next level. This will help you when you can't remember the command you want to use.
Say you want to find all shell commands that deal with DSNs but you can't remember the commands that deal with DSNs...
[PS] C:\>findparams *DSN*
New-SystemMessage
---------
DsnCode
Set-ForeignConnector
---------
RelayDsnRequired
Set-TransportConfig
---------
GenerateCopyOfDSNFor
Set-TransportServer
---------
ExternalDelayDsnEnabled
ExternalDsnDefaultLanguage
ExternalDsnLanguageDetectionEnabled
ExternalDsnMaxMessageAttachSize
ExternalDsnReportingAuthority
ExternalDsnSendHtml
InternalDelayDsnEnabled
InternalDsnDefaultLanguage
InternalDsnLanguageDetectionEnabled
InternalDsnMaxMessageAttachSize
InternalDsnReportingAuthority
InternalDsnSendHtml
Please note that it only returns "new, set, and add" commands. "get" commands do not return the parameters in the self-documenting help. But if New-SystemMessage takes "DsnCode", you can assume that Get-SystemMessage will return it, or now that you know you want that you can do this:
[PS] C:\>gcm -noun systemmessage
CommandType Name Definition
----------- ---- ----------
Cmdlet Get-SystemMessage Get-SystemMessage [[-Identit...
Cmdlet New-SystemMessage New-SystemMessage -DsnCode <...
Cmdlet Remove-SystemMessage Remove-SystemMessage [-Ident...
Cmdlet Set-SystemMessage Set-SystemMessage [-Identity...
Ok, here's the nifty function you'll need to make this work.
param([string]$arg)
function findparams ($n)
{
$cmdarray = get-command | ? { ($_.parametersets| %{$_.parameters } |%{$_.name}) -like $n };
foreach ($cmd1 in $cmdarray)
{
$cmd1.name;
"---------";
($cmd1.parametersets| %{$_.parameters } |%{$_.name}) -like $n | sort -unique;
""
}
}
findparams($arg)
- Scott Landry