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PowerShell pipeline operations

PowerShell features a powerful pipeline mechanism that allows you to pass the output of one command directly as input into another^[600-developer__learn-powershell01.md]. This is typically achieved using the pipe operator (|).^[600-developer__learn-powershell01.md]

A common use case involves retrieving a specific process object and passing it to another command for further processing or formatting.^[600-developer__learn-powershell01.md] For instance, you can select all properties of a specific process ID or format its threads into a list.^[600-developer__learn-powershell01.md]

The pipeline also facilitates complex data manipulation by chaining multiple commands.^[600-developer__learn-powershell01.md] You can retrieve all processes, sort them by a property like memory usage (PM) in descending order, and format the output as a table for easier reading.^[600-developer__learn-powershell01.md]

  • [[PowerShell]]
  • [[Object-oriented piping]]
  • [[Command-line syntax]]

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  • 600-developer__learn-powershell01.md