At the first look, there is no difference between help and get-help. But they are entirely different commands. I am giving some examples to understand about help and get-help
Get-Command *help* CommandType Name ModuleName ----------- ---- ---------- Function help Cmdlet Get-Help Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Save-Help Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Update-Help Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Application help.exe
From the above example, you will be able to understand the Command types of help and get-help
Help is a function and Get-help is a Cmdlet… And there is no Alias for get-help. Man is the alias for help. Please go through the below examples.
Get-Alias -Definition Help CommandType Name ModuleName ----------- ---- ---------- Alias man -> help Get-Alias -Definition Get-Help Get-Alias : This command cannot find a matching alias because an alias with the definition 'Get-Help' does not exist. At line:1 char:1 + Get-Alias -Definition Get-Help + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-Help:String) [Get-Alias], ItemNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ItemNotFoundException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetAliasCommand
Type Get-Content function:help If you want to see the content inside the function.
