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Run a PowerShell Command in Windows PowerShell

Problem

You want to run a PowerShell command.

Solution

To run a PowerShell command, type its name at the command prompt. For example:

PS >GetProcess

Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName

133 5 11760 7668 46 1112 audiodg

184 5 33248 508 93 1692 avgamsvr

143 7 31852 984 97 1788 avgemc

Discussion

The GetProcess command is an example of a native PowerShell command, called a cmdlet. As compared to traditional commands, cmdlets provide significant benefits to both administrators and developers:

  • They share a common and regular commandline syntax.
  • They support rich pipeline scenarios (using the output of one command as the input of another).
  • They produce easily manageable object-based output, rather than errorprone plain text output.

Because the GetProcess cmdlet generates rich object-based output, you can use its output for many process-related tasks.

The GetProcess cmdlet is just one of the many that PowerShell supports.

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