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> What were they smoking when they named as simple an operation as delete "Remove-ChildItem"? The long names are the official readable names for scripting. It
by mseepgood 6y ago
> What were they smoking when they named as simple an operation as delete "Remove-ChildItem"?
The long names are the official readable names for scripting. It can and does have short aliases like "rm" that you would use in interactive mode.
> And what's with all of the capital letters?
PowerShell is case-insensitive. The capital letters are for readability.