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August 1st, 2012

PowerTip: Counting PowerShell Cmdlets

Doctor Scripto

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Summary: PowerTip for counting the number of cmdlets in your Windows PowerShell installation

Question: How many cmdlets are available in a default Windows PowerShell 3.0 installation in Windows 8?

Answer: 403

Question: How did you find out how many cmdlets are available in the default Windows PowerShell installation?

Answer: Get-Module -ListAvailable | Import-Module ; gcm -co cmdlet | measure

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