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How To Use The PowerShell Documentation

This document provides instructions on how to use the PowerShell documentation site. It explains that the site contains reference documentation for PowerShell versions 7.3, 7.2, and 5.1. It describes how to search for articles and select the appropriate PowerShell version, noting that the version selector filters the cmdlet reference but not conceptual documentation. It also provides information on verifying the PowerShell version and finding documentation for previous versions.

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How To Use The PowerShell Documentation

This document provides instructions on how to use the PowerShell documentation site. It explains that the site contains reference documentation for PowerShell versions 7.3, 7.2, and 5.1. It describes how to search for articles and select the appropriate PowerShell version, noting that the version selector filters the cmdlet reference but not conceptual documentation. It also provides information on verifying the PowerShell version and finding documentation for previous versions.

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How to use the PowerShell documentation

01/31/2023

Welcome to the PowerShell online documentation. This site contains cmdlet


reference for the following versions of PowerShell:

 PowerShell 7.3
 PowerShell 7.2 (LTS-current)
 PowerShell 5.1

Finding articles and selecting a version


There are two ways to search for content in Docs. The simplest way is to use the
filter box under the version selector. Just enter a word that appears in the title of an
article. The page displays a list of matching articles. You can also select the option
to search the entire site from that list.

Use the version picker at the top of the page to select the version of PowerShell
you want. By default, the version selector is set to the most current release version
of PowerShell. The version selector controls what cmdlet reference appears in the
Table of Contents under the Reference node. Some cmdlets work differently
depending on the version of PowerShell you are using. Be sure you are viewing the
documentation for the correct version of PowerShell.

The version selector does not filter conceptual documentation. The conceptual
documents appear above the Reference node in the Table of Contents. The same
documents appear for any version selected. If there are version-specific
differences, the documentation makes note of those differences.

You can verify the version of PowerShell you are using by inspecting
the $PSversionTable.PSVersion value. The following example shows the output for
Windows PowerShell 5.1.

$PSVersionTable.PSVersion
Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
5 1 19041 1237

If you are new to PowerShell and need help understanding the command syntax,
see about_Command_Syntax.
Finding articles for previous versions
Documentation for older versions of PowerShell has been archived in our Previous
Versions site.

This site contains documentation for the following topics:

 PowerShell 3.0
 PowerShell 4.0
 PowerShell 5.0
 PowerShell 6
 PowerShell 7.0
 PowerShell 7.1
 PowerShell Workflows
 PowerShell Web Access

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