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# powershell

> This command may be mistaken as the cross-platform version of PowerShell (formerly known as PowerShell Core), which uses `pwsh` instead of `powershell`.
> The original `powershell` command in Windows is still available to use the legacy Windows version of PowerShell (version 5.1 and below).
> More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_pwsh>.

- View the documentation for the command referring to the latest, cross-platform version of PowerShell (version 6 and above):

`tldr pwsh`

- View the documentation for the command referring to the legacy Windows PowerShell (version 5.1 and below):

`tldr powershell {{[-p|--platform]}} windows`
