A best practice is to always use verbs from the approved verb list. Some of the verbs will be needed very frequently. I have extracted the most important ones, which you will need to know in the early stages because they will be used very frequently. All of the verbs can be retrieved with Get-Verb:
|
Verb |
AliasPrefix |
Group |
Description |
|
Add |
a |
Common |
Adds a resource to a container or attaches an item to another item. |
|
Find |
fd |
Common |
Looks for an object in a container that is unknown, implied, optional, or specified. |
|
Get |
g |
Common |
Specifies an action that retrieves a resource. |
|
New |
n |
Common |
Creates a resource. |
|
Show |
sh |
Common |
Makes a resource visible to the user. |
|
Convert |
cv |
Data |
Changes the data from one representation to another, when the cmdlet supports bidirectional conversion or when the cmdlet supports conversion between multiple data types. |
|
ConvertFrom |
cf |
Data |
Converts one primary type of input (the cmdlet noun indicates the input) to one or more supported output types. |
|
ConvertTo |
ct |
Data |
Converts from one or more types of input to a primary output type (the cmdlet noun indicates the output type). |
|
Out |
o |
Data |
Sends data out of the environment. |
|
Test |
t |
Diagnostic |
Verifies the operation or consistency of a resource. |
|
Start |
sa |
Lifecycle |
Initiates an operation. |
|
Stop |
sp |
Lifecycle |
Discontinues an activity. |
With this list, you can get familiar with some of the cmdlets. In the following code block, I used the command to find commands with a specific verb. With the Get-Help cmdlet, you can take a look at the cmdlet's description parameters and examples:
#Getting in touch with important cmdlets
Get-Command Get-*
Get-Command Set-*
Get-Command New-*
Get-Command Out-*
#Example for Get-Process
Get-Help Get-Process -Examples
#Testing one
Get-Process powershell -FileVersionInfo