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Summarize PowerCLI Cmdlets by Noun

Here is some simple code to generate a reference list of the PowerCLI cmdlet objects(nouns) and what actions(verbs) you can perform on them.

This can come in handy for people new to PowerCLI to show them what the cmdlets will handle for them.

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$commandTable = @{}
$commandList = Get-Command -Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core -CommandType Cmdlet

foreach ($command in $commandList) {
  if (!$commandTable.ContainsKey($command.Noun)) {
          $commandTable[$command.Noun] = @()
      }

  $commandTable[$command.Noun] += $command.Verb
}

foreach ($command in $commandTable.Keys | Sort-Object) {
    $verbs = $commandTable[$command] | Sort-Object
    $command | Select-Object @{Name="Noun"; Expression={$command}},
                                  @{Name="Verbs"; Expression={[String]::Join(",", $verbs)}}
}

Here is the output for PowerCLI version 4 update 1.

<th>
  Verbs
</th>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Move,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Move,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Copy
</td>

<td>
  Apply,Get
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Move,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Copy,Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Move,Remove
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get
</td>

<td>
  Get
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Add,Get,Remove
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get
</td>

<td>
  Get,Move,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get
</td>

<td>
  Get,Stop,Wait
</td>

<td>
  Get,Move,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Dismount,Mount,Update
</td>

<td>
  Get,Remove
</td>

<td>
  Export,Get,Import,New,Remove,Set,Start,Stop
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove
</td>

<td>
  Get
</td>

<td>
  Get
</td>

<td>
  Get
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Connect,Disconnect
</td>

<td>
  Get,Move,New,Remove,Restart,Set,Start,Stop,Suspend
</td>

<td>
  Get,Restart,Shutdown,Suspend
</td>

<td>
  Copy
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Add,Get,Move,Remove,Restart,Set,Start,Stop,Suspend
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Add,Get,Remove
</td>

<td>
  Install
</td>

<td>
  Apply,Export,Get,Import,New,Remove,Set
</td>

<td>
  Test
</td>

<td>
  Get,Restart,Set,Start,Stop
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set,Test
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>

<td>
  Invoke
</td>

<td>
  Get,Set
</td>
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