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How to sort the output in PowerShell?
To sort the output in the PowerShell you need to use Sort-Object Pipeline cmdlet. In the below example, we will retrieve the output from the Get-Process command and we will sort the, according to memory and CPU usage.
Example
Get-Process | Sort-Object WorkingSet | Select -First 10
Output
Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- ----------- 0 0 60 8 0 0 Idle 144 8 1840 232 0.14 8396 1 SkypeBackgroundHost 514 26 19280 300 0.73 16872 1 Calculator 1140 50 63584 464 15.86 10688 1 ksdeui 53 3 1212 816 0.30 580 0 smss 217 17 3432 1848 37.03 13272 1 ptim 486 26 7404 2228 168.86 13732 1 ptsrv 32 6 1636 2440 0.16 1092 0 fontdrvhost 86 5 968 3620 0.00 1060 0 svchost 85 6 1208 4104 0.59 4116 0 ibtsiva
In the above example, the output is stored into ascending order which is the default order and then we have retrieved the first 10 processes.
If you want to output in Descending order then you need to add the parameter − Descending.
Example
Get-Process | Sort-Object WorkingSet -Descending | Select -First 10
Output
Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) CPU(s) Id SI ProcessName ------- ------ ----- ----- ------ -- -- ----------- 0 0 3660 719552 544.86 2580 0 Memory Compression 968 125 1132200 487196 6,867.28 4228 1 chrome 1867 150 294740 332516 1,136.42 19036 1 WINWORD 1137 46 446876 305092 2,470.48 14560 1 chrome 583 38 309476 250312 755.97 15652 1 chrome 3597 107 275080 226752 11,615.69 12712 1 chrome 464 59 179012 172652 1,938.55 18732 1 chrome 350 31 191756 157716 339.11 5952 1 chrome 607 61 129380 156224 106.52 7712 1 Code 536 31 186496 146176 35.81 10352 1 Code
Similarly, you can sort CPU and other properties as well in the ascending / descending order as shown in the below example.
Example
Get-Process | Sort-Object CPU | Select -First 10
Get-Process | Sort-Object CPU -Descending | Select -First 10
Updated on: 07-Apr-2020
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