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Ryan Jamison
Ryan Jamison

Reputation: 55

Powershell Import-CSV wont sort

In Powershell, I'm attempting to import a CSV file and sort it based on its header name and pipe that to format-table. However I've tried every which way to get it to sort correctly and cant seem to figure it out, any ideas?

CSV:

Price,OnHands,Status 
43.73,6,INACTIVE
33,36,CLEARANCE
9.62,3,CLEARANCE
57.8,22,ACTIVE
69.57,16,ACTIVE
22,15,CLEARANCE

aka

Price  OnHands Status
------ ------- ------
43.73  6       INACTIVE  
33.0   36      CLEARANCE 
9.62   3       CLEARANCE 
57.8   22      ACTIVE    
69.57  16      ACTIVE    
22.0   15      CLEARANCE

I've tried the line below, with single, double, and no quotes and as an integer.

$data = Import-Csv -Path $PathnNameCSV | Sort-Object -Property 'OnHands' -Descending

Also tried just using sort, perhaps my syntax is wrong or the wrong combination somewhere.

$data = Import-Csv -Path $PathnNameCSV | sort -Property 'OnHands' -Descending

My intended result would be:

Price  OnHands Status
------ ------- ------
33.0   36      CLEARANCE 
57.8   22      ACTIVE    
69.57  16      ACTIVE 
22.0   15      CLEARANCE 
43.73  6       INACTIVE 
9.62   3       CLEARANCE

Upvotes: 0

Views: 194

Answers (1)

JosefZ
JosefZ

Reputation: 30123

Import-Csv -Path $PathnNameCSV |
    Sort-Object -Property { [int]$_.OnHands } -Descending

Price OnHands Status   
----- ------- -------  
33    36      CLEARANCE
57.8  22      ACTIVE   
69.57 16      ACTIVE   
22    15      CLEARANCE
43.73 6       INACTIVE 
9.62  3       CLEARANCE

More complex examples at official docs Use a hash table to sort properties in ascending and descending order

Upvotes: 1

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