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PowerShell: List of approved verbs

A list of approved verbs can be produced like so:

get-verb | sort-object group | select-object group, verb

Some of these verbs come in semantic pairs (such as Open and Close)

These verbs are (PowerShell 7.1):

Common

`Add` and `Remove`
`Clear` and `Set`	Compare with `Get` and `Reset`
`Copy`	Apparently, there is no approved verb `Paste`
`Enter` and `Exit`	Used for commands such as `enter-vsDevShell`
`Search` and `Find`	… but no `Replace`. Compare with `Move`
`Format`
`Get`	The «default» verb if none is specified. Compare with `New` and `Set`.
`Join` and `Split`
`Lock` and `Unlock`
`Move`	Compare with `Copy` and `Rename`.
`New`	Compare with `Initialize` and `Get`.
`Open` and `Close`
`Optimize`
`Push` and `Pop`
`Redo` and `Undo`
`Rename`	Compare with `Move`.
`Reset`
`Resize`
`Select`
`Show` and `Hide`
`Skip`
`Step`
`Switch`
`Watch`

Communications

`Connect` and `Disconnect`
`Read` and `Write`
`Send` and `Receive`

Data

`Backup` and `Restore`
`Checkpoint`
`Compare`
`Compress` and `Expand`
`Convert, ConvertFrom, ConvertTo`
`Edit`
`Group`
`Import` and `Export`	See also `Save`
`Initialize`	Compare with `New`
`Limit`
`Merge`
`Mount` and `Dismount`
`Out`
`Publish` and `Unpublish`
`Save`	`Load` is not an approved verb! But see also `Export`.
`Sync`
`Update`

Diagnostic

`Debug`
`Measure`
`Ping`
`Repair`
`Resolve`
`Test`
`Trace`

Lifecycle

`Approve`, `Deny`	Compare with `Grant` and `Revoke` of Security.
`Assert`
`Build`	Might be used instead of the missing `Compile` verb. PowerShell 5 even lacks `Build`!
`Complete`
`Confirm`
`Deploy`	Missing in PowerShell 5.
`Enable` and `Disable`
`Install` and `Uninstall`
`Register` and `Unregister`
`Request`
`Start`, `Restart` and `Stop`, `Suspend` and `Resume`, `Invoke`	`Start` should be used for asynchronous operations (running in the background) while `Invoke` should be used for synchronous operations (caller waits for completion).
`Submit`
`Wait`

Security

`Block` and `Unblock`
`Grant` and `Revoke`	compare with `Approve` and `Deny` of Lifecycle
`Protect` and `Unprotect`

Other

Use

Misc

There is the standard cmdLet Tee-Object, but this does not imply that Tee should be used as a verb.

Missing or expected verbs

I wish there was an Execute verb (for which Invoke seems to be an alternative).

Create is also not approved as verb. Instead, New is suggested as alternative.

Similarly, Delete is also missing. In its place, it seems, Remove should be used.

Then, there is no Compile. PowerShell 7 at least has Build.

Index

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