[command-line] How to get all Windows service names starting with a common word?

There are some windows services hosted whose display name starts with a common name (here NATION). For example:

  • NATION-CITY
  • NATION-STATE
  • NATION-Village

Is there some command to get all the services like 'NATION-'. Finally I need to stop, start and restart such services using the command promt.

This question is related to command-line windows-services command command-prompt

The answer is


Using PowerShell, you can use the following

Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.displayName.StartsWith("NATION-")} | Select name

This will show a list off all services which displayname starts with "NATION-".

You can also directly stop or start the services;

Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.displayName.StartsWith("NATION-")} | Stop-Service
Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.displayName.StartsWith("NATION-")} | Start-Service

or simply

Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.displayName.StartsWith("NATION-")} | Restart-Service

Save it as a .ps1 file and then execute

powershell -file "path\to your\start stop nation service command file.ps1"


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