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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!

Try the command

Build a complete pipeline!

Build the command
Get-ChildItem | Where-Object | Select-Object
1. PipeConnect all commands
2. FilterFind files matching criteria
3. SelectChoose properties to display
Terminal
C:\Users\User>Get-ChildItem | Where-Object | Select-Object

Real Analysis Pipeline

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

Mastery Achieved

Knowledge Check

1 / 2

In this pipeline, where does Where-Object filter?

References

These documentation links provide authoritative details for the commands used in this article.

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