Launch a powershell session.
Syntax
powershell[.exe] [-PSConsoleFile file | -Version version]
[-NoLogo] [-NoExit] [-NoProfile] [-NonInteractive]
[-OutputFormat {Text | XML}] [-InputFormat {Text | XML}]
[-Command { - | script-block [-args arg-array] | string [CommandParameters] } ]
key
-PSConsole File Load a PowerShell console file. (created with export-console)
-Version Start the specified version of Windows PowerShell.
-NoLog Hide the copyright banner at startup.
-NoExit Do not exit after running startup commands.
-NoProfile Do not use the user profile.
-Noninteractive Don't present an interactive prompt to the user.
-OutputFormat Format the output. Valid values are "Text" (string)
or "XML" (serialized CLIXML format).
-InputFormat Format of data sent to Windows PowerShell. Valid values are
"Text" (string) or "XML" (serialized CLIXML format).
-Command Execute commands or a script file of commands
If Command is "-", the command text is read from standard input.
-Help, -?, /? Display Help
Running powershell with -Command will perform the command and then exit, unless -NoExit is specified.
The value of Command can be "-", a string. or a script block.
Script blocks must be enclosed in braces {}
You can specify a script block only when running PowerShell.exe in Windows PowerShell.
The results
of the script are returned to the parent shell as deserialized XML objects,
not live objects.
If the value of Command is a string, Command must be the last parameter
in the command , because any characters typed after the command are
interpreted as the command arguments.
To write a string that runs a Windows PowerShell command, use the format: "& {command}"
where the quotation marks indicate a string and the invoke operator (&) causes the command to be executed.
Examples
PowerShell.exe -PSConsoleFile "C:\scripting\MyShell.psc1" -Command ". 'MyScript.ps1'"
Display the security event log:
powershell -command {get-eventlog -logname security}
Or the same thing but calling powershell from the CMD shell:
powershell -command "& {get-eventlog -logname security}"
Related:
List of all powershell commands
Equivalent bash command: bash - launch bash shell
