PowerShell: Order of command precedence

Here is the order of command precedence that is used by the command discovery process in Windows PowerShell:

· Alias: All Windows PowerShell aliases in the current session

· Filter/Function: All Windows PowerShell functions

· Cmdlet: The cmdlets in the current session (“Cmdlet” is the default)

· ExternalScript: All .ps1 files in the paths that are listed in the Path environment variable ($env:PATH)

· Application: All non-Windows-PowerShell files in paths that are listed in the Path environment variable

· Script: Script blocks in the current session