- At this time, it does not look like the Update-Help Cmdlet is supported for Mac or Linux. For the time being I would suggest going to the technet website for each help file. You can get there from the Command Line with the -Online parameter.
- Windows PowerShell comes installed by default in every Windows, starting with Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. If you are interested in PowerShell 6 and later, you need to install PowerShell Core instead of Windows PowerShell. For that, see Installing PowerShell Core on Windows. Finding PowerShell in Windows 10, 8.1, 8.0, and 7.
As you have probably heard by now, Microsoft has just open-sourced PowerShell and made it available for Linux and Mac OS X. In this blog post, I will take you through the steps to download, install and run PowerShell on a Mac.
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Download and Install PowerShell for Mac OX
If you don't want to use some 'powershell port', the best thing IMHO is to rewrite it into a macOS-compatible script, like bash scripts. Better yet, if you are planning to use both Windows and Mac, I recommend using cross-platform scripts (ex. Python) so that you only have to write your code once and execute (ideally) in both platforms.
- Go to PowerShell github project: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell
- Scroll down to the Get PowerShell section and download .pkg:
3. Locate the newly downloaded file in Downloads, right-click it and click Open:
4. You will be warned that this is a file from the Internet and then prompted for your local administrative password, then go through the installation wizard.
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Run PowerShell on Mac OS X
PowerShell is a command-prompt in your terminal window, so to start it:
- Start the Terminal application,
- Now you can simply type powershell as a command and this will start the PowerShell engine and move you from the bash prompt ($) to the PowerShell prompt (PS):
- That is it! You can now type a PowerShell command and see the output. For example, here’s Get-Process:
If you are new to PowerShell, see the Learning PowerShell page on GitHub.