December 8th, 2012

PowerTip: How Many about_ conceptual Help Files Exist?

Doctor Scripto
Doctor Scripto
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Summary: Find out how many about_ conceptual Help files exist on a Windows 8 Windows PowerShell installation.

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question How can I get a listing of all the about_ conceptual Help files on my computer running Windows 8?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer Use the Get-Help cmdlet and search for about*, as shown here.

Get-Help about*

To find out how many articles this is, pipe the results to the Measure-Object cmdlet, as shown here.

Get-Help about* | Measure-Object

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Scripting
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PowerTipScripting Guy!Windows PowerShell

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