Sort-Object - Powershell 1.0 CmdLet
Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting tool based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is designed for system administrators, engineers and developers to control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.
More than hundred command-line tools (so called "cmdlets") can be used to perform system administration tasks and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). These cmdlets are easy to use, with standard naming conventions and common parameters, and standard tools for piping, sorting, filtering, and formatting data and objects.
Sort-Object
Description Sort objects by property value Usage Options -property Object A property or properties to use when sorting. -inputObject psobject The objects to be sorted. (may be piped) -culture string The cultural/country configuration to use when sorting. -caseSensitive Sort UPPER and lower case letters separately. -unique Return only the unique values. -descending Sort in descending order. CommonParameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutVariable. Example(s) List the files in the current directory and sort using the default order (alphabetical by Name): PS C:\>get-childitem | sort-object List the files in the current directory and sort by date/time: PS C:\>get-childitem | sort-object -property LastWriteTime List the files in the current directory and sort in descending order by the time span between CreationTime and LastWriteTime: PS C:\>get-childitem *.* | sort-object @{Expression={$_.LastWriteTime-$_.CreationTime}; Ascending=$false} | select-object LastWriteTime, CreationTime