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    Hi All,

    I am typing this but it is not working. Does anyone know what I could be doing wrong.

    The command I wrote is:

                         GCI -file  | foreach {$_.name} | sort-object length | format-table name, length

    But it is not working. I am expecting a name of the file and length of the string like 8 characters etc. my file is called mystery so it should have 7 as its output of the name, length.

    Thank-you

    SQL 75

    • Moved by Bill_Stewart Monday, May 18, 2015 5:20 PM Unanswerable drive-by question
    Tuesday, February 10, 2015 6:42 AM

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    Get-ChildItem supports both  -File and -Directory.

    Help will help: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh847897(v=wps.630).aspx

    Read the first couple of parameters to see.

       GCI -file  | sort-object length | format-table name, length | ft -auto
    Seems to be a rasher of bad answers to day.  YOu were just extracting the name property then trying to sort on a property that doesn't exist.

    Do the sort first then select the properties.

    it helps to test answers before posting.  I know because I get bit by posting without thinking to often.  I have to remember to think first.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


    • Proposed as answer by jrv Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:03 AM
    • Edited by jrv Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:05 AM
    • Marked as answer by Just Karl Monday, May 18, 2015 7:17 PM
    Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:03 AM

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    Hi ,

    your syntex is wrong .

    there is no argument for GCI name "-file"

    try get-help gci -full

    or

    get-help gci -example

    if you remove -file you will get name of files try

    GCI   | foreach {$_.name.length} | sort-object length | format-table name, length

    will give length of respected file wich will show by this command

    GCI   | foreach {$_.name} | sort-object length | format-table name, length

    • Edited by Prahlad Yadav Tuesday, February 10, 2015 7:07 AM Completed
    Tuesday, February 10, 2015 6:58 AM
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    Get-ChildItem supports both  -File and -Directory.

    Help will help: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh847897(v=wps.630).aspx

    Read the first couple of parameters to see.

       GCI -file  | sort-object length | format-table name, length | ft -auto
    Seems to be a rasher of bad answers to day.  YOu were just extracting the name property then trying to sort on a property that doesn't exist.

    Do the sort first then select the properties.

    it helps to test answers before posting.  I know because I get bit by posting without thinking to often.  I have to remember to think first.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


    • Proposed as answer by jrv Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:03 AM
    • Edited by jrv Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:05 AM
    • Marked as answer by Just Karl Monday, May 18, 2015 7:17 PM
    Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:03 AM
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    -File argument is present in PowerShell 4.0 not in 2.0. So i answred ....

    Tuesday, February 10, 2015 9:12 AM
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    -File argument is present in PowerShell 4.0 not in 2.0. So i answred ....

    If someone posts with -File I think we should assume they have the version they claim to have.  Besides 2.0 is pretty much obsolete.

    File and Directory have been around for a couple of years now.  Since WMF 3.0 about 4 years ago - December of 2011.

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Tuesday, February 10, 2015 9:18 AM