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Links

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-content?view=powershell-7.3#-totalcount

Summary

After PowerShell/PowerShell#19715 got merged, a user won't be able to specify -1 as the value to -TotalCount, because now it only accepts a non-negative value. The Cmdlet WG suggests removing mention of this internal detail.

BTW, the -Tail parameter also has -1 as the default value, but it's not mentioned in the doc, so we should do the same to -TotalCount.

Details

• Get-Content -Head and -Tail disallow negative values and cleanup PowerShell/PowerShell#19715

Suggested Fix

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