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