en-us/about_AssemblyHelper.Help.txt

TOPIC
    about_AssemblyHelper
     
SHORT DESCRIPTION
    The module contains several functions for dealing with assemblies.
     
LONG DESCRIPTION
Assemblies are the building block of the .NET Runtime (either Core or the full Framework). An Assembly file is just a file with the extension .dll that contains type and interface definitions. The PowerShell itsel is made of several assemblies.
 
     
NOTE
A very good tool for inspecting the content of an Assembly file is Ilspy.exe
TROUBLESHOOTING NOTE
 
EXAMPLES
Get-Assembly *PowerShell*
 
Gets all assembly files on the current drive that contains 'powershell' in their names.