How do I retrieve the available commands from a module?

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Tom picture Tom · Jun 15, 2011 · Viewed 88k times · Source

To know which PowerShell modules are available on a machine I use the command

Get-Module -ListAvailable

This returns a list with module-type, -name and the exported commands. But the exported commands are always empty and just displaying {}. Why is this not displayed?

Do I have to use another parameter or is there another cmdlet or method to retrieve the available commands?

Answer

Shay Levy picture Shay Levy · Jun 15, 2011

Exported commands are not available if the module is not loaded. You need to load the module first and then execute Get-Command:

Import-Module -Name <ModuleName>
Get-Command -Module <ModuleName>

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