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Sort-Object — Sorts objects by property values. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell. More infor

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Problem

How to use the Sort-Object command: Sorts objects by property values. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/sort-object>.

Solution

Sort-Object — Sorts objects by property values. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/sort-object>.

Sort the current directory by name:

Get-ChildItem | Sort-Object

Sort the current directory by name descending:

Get-ChildItem | Sort-Object -Descending

Sort items removing duplicates:

"a", "b", "a" | Sort-Object -Unique

Sort the current directory by file length:

Get-ChildItem | Sort-Object -Property Length

Sort processes with the highest memory usage based on their working set (WS) size:

Get-Process | Sort-Object -Property WS

Code Snippets

Sort the current directory by name

Get-ChildItem | Sort-Object

Sort the current directory by name descending

Get-ChildItem | Sort-Object -Descending

Sort items removing duplicates

"a", "b", "a" | Sort-Object -Unique

Sort the current directory by file length

Get-ChildItem | Sort-Object -Property Length

Sort processes with the highest memory usage based on their working set (WS) size

Get-Process | Sort-Object -Property WS

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