Hello,
Trying to find the list of cmdlets which has Port parameter defined. I am expecting Test-NetConnection cmdlet in the result pane after executing
Get-Command -ParameterName Port -All
Am I doing anything wrong here? Appreciate your help!
Thanks
Hi Harsha,
What version are you using? I’ve tried in V5.1 and 6 and get the following.
Without -all
PS H:\> Get-Command -ParameterName *Port* CommandType Name Version Source ----------- ---- ------- ------ Function New-PSWorkflowSession 2.0.0.0 PSWorkflow Cmdlet Connect-PSSession 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Enter-PSSession 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Get-Command 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Get-PSSession 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Import-LocalizedData 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet Invoke-Command 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet New-ModuleManifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet New-PSRoleCapabilityFile 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet New-PSSession 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet New-PSSessionConfigurationFile 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet New-PSSessionOption 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Receive-PSSession 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Register-EngineEvent 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet Register-ObjectEvent 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet Register-PSSessionConfiguration 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Register-WmiEvent 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Management Cmdlet Send-MailMessage 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet Set-PSSessionConfiguration 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core
And with -all I get
PS H:\> Get-Command -ParameterName *Port* -all CommandType Name Version Source ----------- ---- ------- ------ Alias cnsn -> Connect-PSSession Alias etsn -> Enter-PSSession Alias gcm -> Get-Command Alias gsn -> Get-PSSession Alias icm -> Invoke-Command Alias npssc -> New-PSSessionConfigurationFile Alias nsn -> New-PSSession Alias nwsn -> New-PSWorkflowSession 2.0.0.0 PSWorkflow Alias rcsn -> Receive-PSSession Function New-PSWorkflowSession 2.0.0.0 PSWorkflow Cmdlet Connect-PSSession 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Enter-PSSession 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Get-Command 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Get-PSSession 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Import-LocalizedData 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet Invoke-Command 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet New-ModuleManifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet New-PSRoleCapabilityFile 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet New-PSSession 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet New-PSSessionConfigurationFile 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet New-PSSessionOption 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Receive-PSSession 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Register-EngineEvent 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet Register-ObjectEvent 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet Register-PSSessionConfiguration 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Register-WmiEvent 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Management Cmdlet Send-MailMessage 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet Set-PSSessionConfiguration 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core
Here is a little snippet I pulled together and keep around for such search and find efforts.
Maybe more than you need at this point, but should show you what you can do.
# Get parameters, examples, full and Online help for a cmdlet or function
# Get a list of all functions
Get-Command -CommandType Function |
Out-GridView -PassThru -Title 'Available functions'
# Get a list of all commandlets
Get-Command -CommandType Cmdlet |
Out-GridView -PassThru -Title 'Available cmdlets'
# Get a list of all functions for the specified name
Get-Command -Name '*ADGroup*' -CommandType Function |
Out-GridView -PassThru -Title 'Available named functions'
# Get a list of all commandlets for the specified name
Get-Command -Name '*ADGroup**' -CommandType Cmdlet |
Out-GridView -PassThru -Title 'Available named cmdlet'
# get function / cmdlet details
(Get-Command -Name Get-ADUser).Parameters
Get-help -Name Get-ADUser -Examples
Get-help -Name Get-ADUser -Full
Get-help -Name Get-ADUser -Online
Get-Help about_*
Get-Help about_Functions
# Find all cmdlets / functions with a target parameter
Get-Command -CommandType Function |
Where-Object { $_.parameters.keys -match 'credential'} |
Out-GridView -PassThru -Title 'Available functions which has a specific parameter'
Get-Command -CommandType Cmdlet |
Where-Object { $_.parameters.keys -match 'credential'} |
Out-GridView -PassThru -Title 'Results for cmdlets which has a specific parameter'
# Get named aliases
Get-Alias |
Out-GridView -PassThru -Title 'Available aliases'
# Get cmdlet / function parameter aliases
(Get-Command Get-ADUser).Parameters.Values |
where aliases |
select Name, Aliases | Out-GridView -PassThru -Title 'Alias results for a given cmdlet or function.'
# All Help topics locations
explorer "$pshome\$($Host.CurrentCulture.Name)"
# Get any .NET types and their static methods from PowerShell.
# Enumerate all that are currently loaded into your AppDomain.
#
[AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies() |
foreach { $_.GetTypes() } |
foreach { $_.GetMethods() } |
where { $_.IsStatic } |
select DeclaringType, Name |
Out-GridView -PassThru -Title '.NET types and their static methods'
# Instantiate the types using new-object and call instance methods.
# You can use get-member on an instance to get the methods on a type.
Hello Alex,
It is 5.1 Version on Windows 2012 R2. My results are similar to yours. None of them retrieved the Test-NetConnection cmdlet even though I have NetTCPIP module installed. It is showing only after importing the module into current session.
Thanks
Working as designed, per the documentation
-ParameterName
Specifies an array of parameter names. This cmdlet gets commands in the session that have the specified parameters. Enter parameter names or parameter aliases. Wildcard characters are supported.
Thanks for sharing this snippet.It is so useful for new-comers like me.
Jon,
Thanks for pointing that. So, I believe the discoverability of commands with required parameters looks quite hard then - IMO (For starters atleast). Ideally, I should import all modules (most often used) into the session and do the search- I guess
Hmm, get-command returns a .parameters property, but it’s a dictionary.
Hmm, work in progress. Just need the original command in there.
$a = get-command
$b = $a.parameters
$b.Keys | where { $_ -match 'port' }
Get-Module -ListAvailable | Import-Module
get-command -all | Where-Object {$_.Parameters.Keys -contains 'port'}
Hah, you beat me. Or
get-module -ListAvailable | import-module get-command -ParameterName *port*
A weird thing is doing something like “get-command test-connection” will load the module that it’s in (Microsoft.PowerShell.Management). (This is 6.1PR2 on my mac.)
$a = get-command test-connection
get-command -ListImported | group source | ft -AutoSize
Count Name Group
----- ---- -----
20 {cd.., cd\, Clear-Host, com...}
6 PSReadLine {PSConsoleHostReadline, Get-PSReadlineKeyHandler, Get-PSReadlineOption, Remove-PSReadlineKeyHandler...}
43 Microsoft.PowerShell.Management {Add-Content, Clear-Content, Clear-Item, Clear-ItemProperty...}
38 Microsoft.PowerShell.Core {Add-History, Clear-History, Debug-Job, Enter-PSSession...}
103 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility {Add-Member, Add-Type, Clear-Variable, Compare-Object...}
And that leads to another way. Just “get-command | get-command” won’t work.
get-command | select name | get-command -ParameterName *port*
Ah, putting /pre on a new line creates a blank line in a code block.
More mischief with passing multiple parameters over the pipe when one parameter can be passed byvalue. Powershell attempts the useless converting of a hash-table into a string for the name parameter.
[pscustomobject]@{totalcount=1} | get-command
get-command : The term '@{totalcount=1}' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:35
+ [pscustomobject]@{totalcount=1} | get-command
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (@{totalcount=1}:String) [Get-Command], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetCommandCommand
So Get-command by itself sees all the command/functions available, but does not load the necessary modules if they are currently unloaded to see the parameters.
IE.
PS C:> get-command | Where-Object {$_.name -eq ‘Test-NetConnection’} | Select *
HelpUri :
ScriptBlock :
CmdletBinding : False
DefaultParameterSet :
Definition :
Options : None
Description :
Verb : Test
Noun : NetConnection
HelpFile :
OutputType : {}
Name : Test-NetConnection
CommandType : Function
Visibility : Public
ModuleName : NetTCPIP
Module : NetTCPIP
RemotingCapability : PowerShell
Parameters : {}
ParameterSets : {}
But passing the command as a parameter causes get-command to load the necessary module to see the parameters
IE.
get-command ‘Test-NetConnection’ | Select *…
Module : NetTCPIP
RemotingCapability : SupportedByCommand
Parameters : {[ComputerName, System.Management.Automation.ParameterMetadata], [TraceRoute,
System.Management.Automation.ParameterMetadata], [Hops,
System.Management.Automation.ParameterMetadata], [CommonTCPPort,
System.Management.Automation.ParameterMetadata]…}
ParameterSets : {[[-ComputerName] ] [-TraceRoute] [-Hops ] [-InformationLevel ]
, [[-ComputerName] ] [-CommonTCPPort] [-InformationLevel
] , [[-ComputerName] ] -Port [-InformationLevel
] }
That is why piping get-command into a select-object and then back to get-command could work. You just need a slight modification to your command to expand the name property so that the second get command is just receiving the name value.
IE.
PS C:> get-command | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name | Get-command -ParameterName “port”CommandType Name ModuleName
Function Get-PcsvDevice PcsvDevice
Function New-NetQosPolicy NetQos
Function New-PSWorkflowSession PSWorkflow
Function Restart-PcsvDevice PcsvDevice
Function Set-NetQosPolicy NetQos
Function Set-PcsvDeviceBootConfiguration PcsvDevice
Function Start-PcsvDevice PcsvDevice
Function Stop-PcsvDevice PcsvDevice
Function Test-NetConnection NetTCPIP
Cmdlet Connect-PSSession Microsoft.PowerShell.Core
Cmdlet Connect-WSMan Microsoft.WSMan.Management
Cmdlet Enter-PSSession Microsoft.PowerShell.Core
Cmdlet Get-PSSession Microsoft.PowerShell.Core
Cmdlet Get-WSManInstance Microsoft.WSMan.Management
Cmdlet Invoke-Command Microsoft.PowerShell.Core
Cmdlet Invoke-WSManAction Microsoft.WSMan.Management
Cmdlet Join-DtcDiagnosticResourceManager MsDtc
Cmdlet New-CimSession CimCmdlets
Cmdlet New-PSSession Microsoft.PowerShell.Core
Cmdlet New-WSManInstance Microsoft.WSMan.Management
Cmdlet Receive-DtcDiagnosticTransaction MsDtc
Cmdlet Receive-PSSession Microsoft.PowerShell.Core
Cmdlet Remove-WSManInstance Microsoft.WSMan.Management
Cmdlet Send-DtcDiagnosticTransaction MsDtc
Cmdlet Send-MailMessage Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility
Cmdlet Set-WSManInstance Microsoft.WSMan.Management
Cmdlet Start-DtcDiagnosticResourceManager MsDtc
Cmdlet Test-WSMan Microsoft.WSMan.Management
This actually works fine:
get-command | select name | get-command -ParameterName port
So it does. Nice. 
Thanks everyone for putting your thoughts and helping out…