Get-Module - PowerShell command help and examples

Gets the modules that have been imported or that can be imported into the current session. (Get-Module)


NAME
Get-Module
SYNOPSIS
Gets the modules that have been imported or that can be imported into the current session.
SYNTAX
Get-Module [-All] [-ListAvailable] [-Name <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>] Get-Module [[-Name] <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
The Get-Module cmdlet gets the modules that have been imported, or that can be imported, into the session. Get-Module only gets modules; it does not import them. To import the modules into your session, use Import-Module.
PARAMETERS
-All [<SwitchParameter>] Gets module objects for all module files. Without the All parameter, Get-Module gets only the module object for the default module file. The cmdlet selects file types in the following order: manifest (.psd1) files, script module (.psm1) files, and binary module (.dll) files. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -ListAvailable [<SwitchParameter>] Gets all of the modules that can be imported into the session. Get-Module gets the modules in the paths specified by the $env:PSModulePath environment variable. Without this parameter, Get-Module gets only the modules that have been imported into the session. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Name <string[]> Gets only modules with the specified names or name patterns. Wildcards are permitted. You can also pipe the names to Get-Module. Required? false Position? 1 Default value All imported or available modules. Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue) Accept wildcard characters? true <CommonParameters> This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type, "get-help about_commonparameters".
INPUTS
System.String You can pipe module names to Get-Module.
OUTPUTS
System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo Get-Module returns objects that represent the modules.
NOTES
You can also refer to Get-Module by its alias, "gmo". For more information, see about_Aliases. The All parameter returns module objects for all files with a .dll file name extension, even if they do not implement cmdlets or providers.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1
C:\PS>get-module
Description
----------- This command gets the modules that have been imported into the current session.
EXAMPLE 2
C:\PS>get-module -listAvailable
Description
----------- This command gets the modules that can be imported into the current session. Get-Module looks for available modules in the path specified by the $env:PSModulePath environment variable. For more information about PSModulePath, see about_Modules and about_Environment_Variables.
EXAMPLE 3
C:\PS>get-module -listAvailable -all
Description
----------- This command gets all of the exported files for all available modules.
EXAMPLE 4
C:\PS>get-module | get-member -type property TypeName: System.Management.Automation.PSModuleInfo Name MemberType Definition ---- ---------- ---------- AccessMode Property System.Management.Automation.ModuleAcc
Description
Property System.String Description {get;set;} ExportedAliases Property System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary` ExportedCmdlets Property System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary` ExportedFunctions Property System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary` ExportedVariables Property System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary` Guid Property System.Guid Guid {get;} ModuleBase Property System.String ModuleBase {get;} ModuleType Property System.Management.Automation.ModuleTyp Name Property System.String Name {get;} NestedModules Property System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnl OnRemove Property System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlo Path Property System.String Path {get;} PrivateData Property System.Object PrivateData {get;set;} SessionState Property System.Management.Automation.SessionSt Version Property System.Version Version {get;}
Description
----------- This command get the properties of the PSModuleInfo object that Get-Module returns. There is one object for each module file. You can use the properties to format and filter the module objects. For more information about the properties, see "PSModule Properties" in the MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) library at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=143624.
EXAMPLE 5
C:\PS>get-module -listAvailable -all | format-table -property name, moduletype, path -groupby name -auto Name: MyTestCmdlets Name ModuleType Path ---- ---------- ---- MyTestCmdlets Script C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\TestCmdlets\TestCmdlets.dll Name: PSDiagnostics Name ModuleType Path ---- ---------- ---- PSDiagnostics Manifest C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\PSDiagnostics\PSDiagnostics.psd1 PSDiagnostics Script C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\PSDiagnostics\PSDiagnostics.psm1 Name: FileTransfer Name ModuleType Path ---- ---------- ---- FileTransfer Manifest C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\FileTransfer\FileTransfer.psd1
Description
----------- This command gets all module files (imported and available) and groups them by module name. This lets you see the module files that each script is exporting.
EXAMPLE 6
C:\PS>$m = get-module -list -name FileTransfer | where {$_.moduletype -eq "Manifest"} C:\PS> get-content $m.path @{ GUID="{8FA5064B-8479-4c5c-86EA-0D311FE48875}" Author="Microsoft Corporation" CompanyName="Microsoft Corporation" Copyright="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." ModuleVersion="1.0.0.0"
Description
="Windows Powershell File Transfer Module" PowerShellVersion="2.0" CLRVersion="2.0" NestedModules="Microsoft.BackgroundIntelligentTransfer.Management" FormatsToProcess="FileTransfer.Format.ps1xml" RequiredAssemblies=Join-Path $psScriptRoot "Microsoft.BackgroundIntelligentTransfer.Management.Interop.dll" }
Description
----------- These commands display the contents of the module manifest for the Windows PowerShell File Transfer module. The first command gets the PSModuleInfo object that represent the module manifest for the File Transfer module. It saves the object in the $m variable. The second command uses dot notation to get the path to the manifest file, which is stored in the Path property of the object. Then, it uses the Get-Content cmdlet to get the content of the manifest file in the specified path. Modules are not required to have manifest files. When they do have a manifest file, a manifest is required only to include a version number. However, manifest files often provide useful information about a module, its requirements, and its contents.
EXAMPLE 7
C:\PS>get-module -listAvailable -name FileTransfer | format-list -property * Name : FileTransfer Path : C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\FileTransfer\FileTransfer.psd1
Description
: Powershell File Transfer Module Guid : 8fa5064b-8479-4c5c-86ea-0d311fe48875 ModuleBase : C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\FileTransfer PrivateData : Version : 1.0.0.0 ModuleType : Manifest AccessMode : ReadWrite ExportedFunctions : {} ExportedCmdlets : {} NestedModules : {} ExportedVariables : {} ExportedAliases : {} SessionState : System.Management.Automation.SessionState OnRemove :
Description
----------- This command displays all of the properties of the FileTransfer module in a list. Because the module has not yet been imported into the session, the Exported* properties and the NestedModules property are not yet populated. These properties are populated only after the elements have been exported and the nested modules have been instantiated.
EXAMPLE 8
C:\PS>dir (get-module -listavailable FileTransfer).modulebase Directory: C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\FileTransfer Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- d---- 12/16/2008 12:36 PM en-US -a--- 11/19/2008 11:30 PM 16184 FileTransfer.Format.ps1xml -a--- 11/20/2008 11:30 PM 1044 FileTransfer.psd1 -a--- 12/16/2008 12:20 AM 108544 Microsoft.BackgroundIntelligentTransfer.Management.Interop.dll
Description
----------- This command lists the files in the module's directory. This is another way to determine what is in a module before you import it. Some modules might have help files or ReadMe files that describe the module. RELATED LINKS Online version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=141552 Import-Module New-Module Remove-Module about_Modules C:\Windows>powershell get-help Remove-Module -full

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