PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Job Help

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Summary: Learn how to find more Help about the Windows PowerShell job engine. Hey, Scripting Guy! Question How can I find out more about Windows PowerShell jobs?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer One of the best ways to discover anything about Windows PowerShell is to read the Help files
          and work through the examples that are presented. Each of the cmdlets has its own Help file, for instance:

Get-Help Start-Job –ShowWindow

There are also a set of about_ files:

£> doc about*job* | select name  

Name

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about_Jobs

about_Job_Details

about_Remote_Jobs

about_Scheduled_Jobs

about_Scheduled_Jobs_Advanced

about_Scheduled_Jobs_Basics

about_Scheduled_Jobs_Troubleshooting

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