•Arnošt Havelka
Powerful Piping in PowerShell
Chain commands together with pipes for advanced operations.
Start Interactive Lesson
Piping connects commands together. Output from one command becomes input to the next. Master this core PowerShell skill.
Chaining Commands
Try the command
Create a multi-command pipeline!
Build the command
Get-ChildItem[arguments]|Where-Object[arguments]|Select-Object[arguments]
Get-ChildItem|Where-Object{$_.Length -gt 1000}|Select-ObjectName
Terminal
PS C:\Users\Student>Get-ChildItem | Where-Object {$_.Length -gt 1000} | Select-Object Name
large-report.txt
Combining Operations
Terminal
file1.txt
file2.txt
file3.txt
PS C:\Users\Student\Documents\PipingDemo>Get-ChildItem
Why Piping Matters
Terminal
pwsh 1234 220
node 4321 180
explorer 777 95
PS C:\Users\Student\Documents\ProcessRankingDemo>Get-Process
Knowledge Check
1 / 1What does the pipe operator (|) do?
References
These documentation links provide authoritative details for the commands used in this article.
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