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powershell

Command-line shell and scripting language designed especially for system administration.

TLDR

Start an interactive shell session

$ powershell
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Start an interactive shell session without loading startup configs
$ powershell -NoProfile
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Execute specific commands
$ powershell -Command "[echo 'powershell is executed']"
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Execute a specific script
$ powershell -File [path/to/script.ps1]
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Start a session with a specific version of PowerShell
$ powershell -Version [version]
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Prevent a shell from exit after running startup commands
$ powershell -NoExit
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Describe the format of data sent to PowerShell
$ powershell -InputFormat [Text|XML]
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Determine how an output from PowerShell is formatted
$ powershell -OutputFormat [Text|XML]
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