Sort

• Sort by -Property
  • Sort by single property
  • Sort by property asc/desc then by another property asc/desc
  • Sort by calculated value
• Descending by -Descending
• Distinct by -Unique
• Preserve input order when two order weights equivalently by -Stable PowerShell 6.2.0+
• Case-Sensitive sort for strings by -CaseSensitive
• Take a count from start or end of sorted by -Top or -Bottom PowerShell 6+

WARNING

sort alias is only available on Windows.

Sort By

• By single property

gci -file | Sort-Object -Property Length

• Then by

# sort by Extension then by Length, both ascending
gci -file | Sort-Object Extension, Length
# sort by Extension descending then by Length descending
gci -file | Sort-Object @{ e = 'Extension'; desc = $true }, @{ e = 'Length'; desc = $true } # [!code highlight]

• Sort by calculated value

gci -file | Sort-Object { $_.Name.Length }