PowerShell commands are called cmdlets and follow a Verb-Noun pattern: Get-Date, Get-ChildItem, Copy-Item, Remove-Item.
“`powershell
Get-Date -Format “dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm”
Get-Command -Verb Get # discover commands
Get-Help Get-ChildItem -Examples # learn with examples
“`
Press Tab to complete names and parameters.
Aliases exist (ls, dir, cd), but use full names in scripts.
Running scripts
Save code as .ps1. If Windows blocks it, allow your own scripts for your user: Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned (check company policy first), or run once with powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File script.ps1.
💡 Windows PowerShell 5.1 comes with Windows; PowerShell 7 (pwsh) is the newer cross-platform version. Scripts in this course work in both.
Practice
Run the script and try Get-Help on two other cmdlets.
