How to check if a cmdlet exists in PowerShell at runtime via script

问题

I have a PowerShell script that needs to run under multiple hosts (PowerGUI, PowerShell ISE, etc...), but I am having an issue where sometimes a cmdlet doesn't exist under one of the hosts. Is there a way to check to see if a cmdlet exists so that I can wrap the code in an if block and do something else when it does not exist?

I know I could use the $host.name to section the code that is suppose to run on each host, but I would prefer to use Feature Detection instead in case the cmdlet ever gets added in the future.

I also could use a try/catch block, but since it runs in managed code I assume there is away to detect if a cmdlet is installed via code.

回答1:

Use the Get-Command cmdlet to test for the existence of a cmdlet:

if (Get-Command $cmdName -errorAction SilentlyContinue)
{
    "$cmdName exists"
}

And if you want to ensure it is a cmdlet (and not an exe or function or script) use the -CommandType parameter e.g -CommandType Cmdlet

回答2:

This is a simple function to do what you're like to do :)

function Check-Command($cmdname)
{
    return [bool](Get-Command -Name $cmdname -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
}

How to use (for example):

if (Check-Command -cmdname 'Invoke-WebRequest')
{
     Invoke-WebRequest $link -OutFile $destination
}
else
{
     $webclient.DownloadFile($link, $destination)
}

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3919798/how-to-check-if-a-cmdlet-exists-in-powershell-at-runtime-via-script