ABOUT_CORE_COMMANDS Short description Lists the cmdlets that are designed for use with PowerShell providers. Long description PowerShell includes a set of cmdlets that are specifically designed to manage the items in the data stores that are exposed by Windows PowerShell providers. You can use these cmdlets in the same ways to manage all the different types of data that the providers make available to you. For more information about providers, type "get-help about_providers". For example, you can use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to list the files in a file system directory, the keys under a registry key, or the items that are exposed by a provider that you write or download. The following is a list of the PowerShell cmdlets that are designed for use with providers: ChildItem cmdlets - Get-ChildItem Content cmdlets - Add-Content - Clear-Content - Get-Content - Set-Content Item cmdlets - Clear-Item - Copy-Item - Get-Item - Invoke-Item - Move-Item - New-Item - Remove-Item - Rename-Item - Set-Item ItemProperty cmdlets - Clear-ItemProperty - Copy-ItemProperty - Get-ItemProperty - Move-ItemProperty - New-ItemProperty - Remove-ItemProperty - Rename-ItemProperty - Set-ItemProperty Location cmdlets - Get-Location - Pop-Location - Push-Location - Set-Location Path cmdlets - Join-Path - Convert-Path - Split-Path - Resolve-Path - Test-Path PSDrive cmdlets - Get-PSDrive - New-PSDrive - Remove-PSDrive PSProvider cmdlets - Get-PSProvider For more information about a cmdlet, type get-help . See also - about_Providers