Why does PowerShell not sort strings correctly?

Question

I want to sort a list of strings in powershell, but when I attempt to do so I get a result that is not sorted at all.

  PS C:\Windows\system32> "bbb", "aaa", "ccc" | sort
    bbb
    ccc
    aaa

Am I doing something wrong?

Ansgar Wiechers · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-22 20:46:37Z

5

Try to be sure to use the good CmdLet:

"bbb", "aaa", "ccc" | Sort-Object

Works for me:

aaa
bbb
ccc

Then try to verify your alias:

PS> Get-Alias sort

CommandType     Name                                       Version    Source
-----------     ----                                       -------    ------
Alias           sort -> Sort-Object

edited Oct 22, 2017 at 20:46

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Robert Larsen Over a year ago

sort is an alias for sort-object so I get the same result.

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