If you have any questions, send email to me at or post your questions on the Official Scripting Guys Forum. I invite you to follow me on Twitter and Facebook. He talks about using the Windows API to access password files. Join me tomorrow when I have a guest blog written by Chris Campbell. That is all there is to using Windows PowerShell to sort CSV files. The newly sorted CSV file is shown in the following image: Import-Csv C:\fso\ | sort username -Descending | Export-Csv -Path c:\fso\testusers.csv -NoTypeInformation Now, I will read the renamed file, sort the data, and export it back to a CSV file. I never like to destroy stuff, so I will first rename the original file by using a. The other way is to simply overwrite the original file. One is to first make a backup copy of the original file, and then overwrite the original file. They are presented in alphabetical order from left to right in each row. Also note this thread if the menu option is not displaying. Basic IDE Tools is an extension for Apache OpenOffice and. Highlight the text you wish to sort and select Tools > Sort. Often the requirement is to update the original file. How do I arrange a list of names alphabetically oweng May 1, 2013, 1:55am 2. The command and the associated output are shown in the following image: Import-Csv C:\fso\testusers.csv | sort username -Descending The Sort-Object cmdlet accepts pipelined output and therefore, I can pipe the Import-CSV cmdlet results directly to Sort-Object. To do this, I use the Sort-Object cmdlet, and I specify that I want to sort on the UserName property, and I want the sort to be descending. Suppose for some reason the data in the TestUsers.csv file needs to be sorted by user name in descending order. The command and output from the command are shown in the image that follows: ![]() To read this CSV file in Windows PowerShell, all I need to do is to use the Import-CSV cmdlet as shown here: The CSV file (named testusers.csv) is shown here: The first is a user name column and the second is a password column. ![]() Suppose I have a CSV file that contains two columns. Comma-separated value (CSV) files are not the exception. This makes it easy to access stuff because the data is a property of an object. Windows PowerShell passes objects, not strings. One of the revolutionary features of Windows PowerShell is the object-oriented nature of the language. In reality, Windows PowerShell makes this really easy. It seems that people have tried all kinds of ways to sort CSVs. A simple example of a spreadsheet application (Figure 2.6) is to calculate compound. For some reason, today there are several emails about dealing with CSV files-in particular, sorting them. it is called a limited form of first-order functional programming. This morning I am sifting through some of the email that arrives at It is always fun to read the email because it gives me a great sense of what is going on with people trying to use Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about sorting comma-separated value (CSV) files.
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