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Sort-Object is your one-stop solution for sorting. If it’s primitive data, simply pipe it to Sort-Object. If it is object data, specify the property you want to use for sorting:
# sorting primitive data 1,5,2,1,6,3,12,6 | Sort-Object -Unique # sorting object data Get-ChildItem -Path c:\windows | Sort-Object –Property name
Because of the object nature, PowerShell automatically picks the correct sorting algorithm. But what if you want more control?
Simply submit a script block. Inside of it, $_ represents the object that is being sorted. You can now cast it to any type you want:
# sorting string as numbers '1','5','3a','12','6' | Sort-Object -Property { $_ -as [int] } # sorting IPv4 addresses as versions '1.2.3.4', '10.1.2.3', '100.4.2.1', '2.3.4.5', '9.10.11.12' | Sort-Object -Property { [version] $_ }
