How to find PowerShell Static Classes and Methods?

Question

How can I find what Static Classes and Methods there is available in PowerShell 2.0?

Answer 1

You can use any .NET types and their static methods from PowerShell. To enumerate all that are currently loaded into your AppDomain, you can do:

 [AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies() | foreach { $_.GetTypes() } | foreach { $_.GetMethods() } | where { $_.IsStatic } | select DeclaringType, Name | format-table

Remember, you are not limited to static methods, you can also instantiate the types using new-object and call instance methods. You can use get-member on an instance to get the methods on a type.

Also, if you want to list your available CmdLets, just invoke:

Get-Command