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Practice: Advanced Filtering Challenge

Master pipelines with a real-world data challenge.

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Practice: Advanced Filtering Challenge

Apply piping, filtering, and selection to tackle real-world data problems.

The Challenge

Find large files, display only names, and generate a report. All in one pipeline!

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Get-ChildItem | Where-Object | Select-Object
Terminal
C:\Users\User>Get-ChildItem | Where-Object {$_.Length -gt 5000} | Select-Object Name, Length

Real Analysis Pipeline

Command Prompt
[10 files with various sizes]
C:\Users\User>Get-ChildItem

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In this pipeline, where does Where-Object filter?

References

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