Sort-Object by greatest numerical value value from Import-CSV - powershell

I want the greatest value (mailboxSize) at the top of the file. I have a cvs as inport.
When I do the following sort cmd:
Import-Csv import.csv| Sort-Object MailboxSize,DisplayName -Descending | Export-Csv SORT.csv
I get the following result:
"DisplayName","MailboxSize"
"persone6","9941"
"persone3","8484"
"persone1","7008"
"persone4","4322"
"persone5","3106"
"persone7","27536"
"persone10","24253"
"persone8","1961"
"persone9","17076"
"persone11","17012"
"persone2","15351"
"persone12","11795"
"persone14","1156"
"persone13","1008"
But I want this as a result!
"persone7","27536"
"persone10","24253"
"persone9","17076"
"persone11","17012"
"persone2","15351"
"persone12","11795"
"persone6","9941"
"persone3","8484"
"persone1","7008"
"persone4","4322"
"persone5","3106"
"persone14","1156"
"persone13","1008"


When importing a CSV-file, all properties are made string-type. You have to cast the MailboxSize to an int before you can sort it properly. Try:
Import-Csv import.csv |
Sort-Object {[int]$_.MailboxSize}, DisplayName -Descending |
Export-Csv SORT.csv
You should also use the -NoTypeInformation switch in Export-CSV to avoid the #TYPE ..... line (first line in an exported CSV-file).
Sample:
$data = #"
"DisplayName","MailboxSize"
"persone6","9941"
"persone3","8484"
"persone1","7008"
"persone4","4322"
"persone5","3106"
"persone7","27536"
"persone10","24253"
"persone8","1961"
"persone9","17076"
"persone11","17012"
"persone2","15351"
"persone12","11795"
"persone14","1156"
"persone13","1008"
"# | ConvertFrom-Csv
$data |
Sort-Object {[int]$_.MailboxSize}, DisplayName -Descending |
Export-Csv SORT.csv -NoTypeInformation
SORT.csv
"DisplayName","MailboxSize"
"persone7","27536"
"persone10","24253"
"persone9","17076"
"persone11","17012"
"persone2","15351"
"persone12","11795"
"persone6","9941"
"persone3","8484"
"persone1","7008"
"persone4","4322"
"persone5","3106"
"persone8","1961"
"persone14","1156"
"persone13","1008"
I'm guessing the usernames are fake, but be aware that the same issue goes for DisplayName if your usernames actually was personeXX where XX is an int. Like:
persone7 27536
persone20 27536
persone13 27536
To sort them probably, you'd have to create a scriptblock for Sort-Object or create your own function to split the value and sort them correctly.

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Sort CSV powershell script delete duplicate, keep the one with a special value in 3rd column

How do I delete double entriys in a csv by one column and leave the one with one special value in one of the columns?
Example: I got a csv with
Name;Employeenumber;Accessrights
Max;123456;ReadOnly
Berta;133556;Write
Jhonny;161771;ReadOnly
Max;123456;Write
I want to end up with:
Name;Employeenumber;Accessrights
Max;123456;Write
Berta;133556;Write
Jhonny;161771;ReadOnly
I tried by Get-Content Select-Object -unique, but that does not solve the problem that it should only keep the ones with the value "write" at the property Accessrights.
So I have no clue at all

You can use a combination of sorting and grouping ....
#'
Name;Employeenumber;Accessrights
Max;123456;ReadOnly
Berta;133556;Write
Jhonny;161771;ReadOnly
Max;123456;Write
'# |
ConvertFrom-Csv -Delimiter ';' |
Sort-Object -Property Name, Accessrights -Descending |
Group-Object -Property Name |
ForEach-Object {
$_.Group[0]
}

Sort of Excel files

I am having the script to sort the excel data to descending order format and I need to save the data to another location. But while executing the below script error is showing.
Import-Csv -Path D:\Excel\details.csv | Sort-Object AMCore Content Version | Export-Csv D:\sb.csv

The error comes from an unquoted argument, Sort-Object is binding AMCore positionally as argument for the -Property parameter and has no clue on what to do with Content as the next argument.
... | Sort-Object 'AMCore Content Version' | ...
The above will be syntactically correct, however that's not enough to do a proper sorting on these Values, it would require an expression script block which would convert each value to either decimal or double to do proper sorting:
Import-Csv -Path D:\Excel\details.csv |
Sort-Object { [double] $_.'AMCore Content Version' } |
Export-Csv D:\sb.csv -NoTypeInformation
You can find an example below for testing:
$details = #'
AMCore Content Version
2.5
1.5
1
0.5
'# | ConvertFrom-Csv
$details | Sort-Object { [double] $_.'AMCore Content Version' }

powershell: Write specific rows from files to formatted csv

The following code gives me the correct output to console. But I would need it in a csv file:
$array = #{}
$files = Get-ChildItem "C:\Temp\Logs\*"
foreach($file in $files){
foreach($row in (Get-Content $file | select -Last 2)){
if($row -like "Total peak job memory used:*"){
$sp_memory = $row.Split(" ")[5]
$array.Add(($file.BaseName),([double]$sp_memory))
break
}
}
}
$array.GetEnumerator() | sort Value -Descending |Format-Table -AutoSize
current output (console):
required output (csv):
In order to increase performance I would like to avoid the array and write output directly to csv (no append).
Thanks in advance!

Change your last line to this -
$array.GetEnumerator() | sort Value -Descending | select #{l='FileName'; e={$_.Name}}, #{l='Memory (MB)'; e={$_.Value }} | Export-Csv -path $env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\Output.csv -NoTypeInformation
This will give you a csv file named Output.csv on your desktop.
I am using Calculated properties to change the column headers to FileName and Memory (MB) and piping the output of $array to Export-Csv cmdlet.
Just to let you know, your variable $array is of type Hashtable which won't store duplicate keys. If you need to store duplicate key/value pairs, you can use arrays. Just suggesting! :)

Append existing column in csv by matching values with array and with condition

I will do my best to break this down as simply as I can.
what I have so far that is working:
Currently I have two csv files...
test1.csv
test1ColumnN,test1ColumnI,test1ColumnD,selectDomainOne,selectDomainTwo,selectDomainThree
asdf,asdf,asdf,,,
nValue1,iValue1,dValue1,sValue1,,
qwer,asdf,zxcv,,,
nValue2,iValue2,dValue2,,,
qwer,zxcv,asdf,lkjh,,
nValue3,iValue3,dValue3,sValue3,,
zxcv,qwer,asdf,,poiu,
nValue1,iValue1,dValue1,,sValue1,
nValue4,iValue4,dValue4,,sValue4,
asdf,qwer,zxcv,fghj,mnbv,
nValue5,iValue5,dValue5,,,
asdf,cvbn,erty,,,uytr
nValue7,iValue7,dValue7,,,sValue7
nValue8,iValue8,dValue8,,,sValue8
nValue9,iValue9,dValue9,,,sValue9
qwer,asdf,zxcv,poiu,lkjh,mnbv
test2.csv
DomainCatagories,test2ColumnS,test2ColumnA,test2ColumnN,test2ColumnI,test2ColumnD
DomainOne,sValue1,aValue1,nValue1,,dValueN
DomainOne,sValue2,aValue2,,iValue2,dValue2
DomainOne,sValue3,aValue2,nValue3,iValue3,dValue3
DomainTwo,sValue1,aValue2,,iValue1,dValueN
DomainTwo,sValue4,aValue1,nValue4,,dValueN
DomainTwo,sValue5,aValue1,nValue5,iValue5,dValue5
DomainThree,sValue7,aValue2,nValue7,iValue7,dValue7
DomainThree,sValue8,aValue1,nValue8,iValue8,dValue8
DomainThree,sValue9,aValue2,nValue9,iValue9,dValue9
Now I want to add a column (inside test2.csv) to match the sValue# from both test1.csv and test2.csv with the condition of ($_.DomainCatagories='DomainOne' from test2.csv) and ($_.selectDomainOne from test1.csv)
To do this, I am using the following code...
#Create Column
$domainNameOne = #{}
$domainNameOne = Import-Csv 'C:\Scripts\Tests\test1.csv' | Where-Object {$_.selectDomainOne} | Select-Object -Expand 'selectDomainOne'
(Import-Csv 'C:\Scripts\Tests\test2.csv') |
Select-Object -Property *, #{n='Test1sValues';e={
if($_.DomainCatagories -eq 'DomainOne'){
if(($domainNameOne -contains $_.test2ColumnS) -and ($_.test2ColumnS)){
$_.test2ColumnS
} Else {
'Not found in test1'
}}}} | Export-Csv "C:\Scripts\Tests\test2-Temp" -NoType
Move-Item "C:\Scripts\Tests\test2-Temp" 'C:\Scripts\Tests\test2.csv' -Force
After the code is run, I get the following test2.csv (isCorrect)...
"DomainCatagories","test2ColumnS","test2ColumnA","test2ColumnN","test2ColumnI","test2ColumnD","Test1sValues"
"DomainOne","sValue1","aValue1","nValue1","","dValueN","sValue1"
"DomainOne","sValue2","aValue2","","iValue2","dValue2","Not found in test1"
"DomainOne","sValue3","aValue2","nValue3","iValue3","dValue3","sValue3"
"DomainTwo","sValue1","aValue2","","iValue1","dValueN",""
"DomainTwo","sValue4","aValue1","nValue4","","dValueN",""
"DomainTwo","sValue5","aValue1","nValue5","iValue5","dValue5",""
"DomainThree","sValue7","aValue2","nValue7","iValue7","dValue7",""
"DomainThree","sValue8","aValue1","nValue8","iValue8","dValue8",""
"DomainThree","sValue9","aValue2","nValue9","iValue9","dValue9",""
What I have that is not working:
Next I run the following code...
#Append Column
$domainNameThree = #{}
$domainNameThree = Import-Csv 'C:\Scripts\Tests\test1.csv' | Where-Object {$_.selectDomainThree} | Select-Object -Expand 'selectDomainThree'
(Import-Csv 'C:\Scripts\Tests\test2.csv') | % {
if($_.DomainCatagories -eq 'DomainThree'){
if(($domainNameThree -contains $_.test2ColumnS) -and ($_.test2ColumnS)){
$_.Test1sValues = $_.test2ColumnS
} Else {
$_.Test1sValues = 'Not found in test1'
}}} | Export-Csv "C:\Scripts\Tests\test2-Temp" -NoType
Move-Item "C:\Scripts\Tests\test2-Temp" 'C:\Scripts\Tests\test2.csv' -Force
Instead of adding the values in the correct rows, it completely blanks out the whole file and saves it as an empty file.
End Goal
What I want the code to produce, is this (notice values filled in on last 3 rows in the last column)...
"DomainCatagories","test2ColumnS","test2ColumnA","test2ColumnN","test2ColumnI","test2ColumnD","Test1sValues"
"DomainOne","sValue1","aValue1","nValue1","","dValueN","sValue1"
"DomainOne","sValue2","aValue2","","iValue2","dValue2","Not found in test1"
"DomainOne","sValue3","aValue2","nValue3","iValue3","dValue3","sValue3"
"DomainTwo","sValue1","aValue2","","iValue1","dValueN",""
"DomainTwo","sValue4","aValue1","nValue4","","dValueN",""
"DomainTwo","sValue5","aValue1","nValue5","iValue5","dValue5",""
"DomainThree","sValue7","aValue2","nValue7","iValue7","dValue7","sValue7"
"DomainThree","sValue8","aValue1","nValue8","iValue8","dValue8","sValue8"
"DomainThree","sValue9","aValue2","nValue9","iValue9","dValue9","sValue9"
What am I doing wrong in that 2nd code snippet?

The example you show from What I have that is not working: is missing a key portion. Export-Csv will take everything piped into it to populate the CSV but you are not providing any.
Problem is that you are not passing anything through the pipe. Merely just updating one property. The simplest thing to do is add $_ after the if statement. Or you could just use a calculated property which you have done before in another one of your questions. The example below from Compare dates with different formats in csv file even uses an if statement.
Import-Csv $csvFile | Select-Object *, #{n='MatchDates';e={ if((([datetime]$_.Date1).Date -eq $_.Date3) -and (([datetime]$_.Date2).Date -eq $_.Date3) -and (([datetime]$_.Date1).Date -eq $_.Date2)){ 'Match Found' }Else{ 'No Match Found' }}} |
Export-Csv "$csvFile-results.csv" -NoTypeInformation -Force

How can I increase the value of a variable in an expression?

I have the following code:
$b = 1
Import-Csv c:\Awsaf\powershell\Beforenew.csv | select name, CustomAttribute1, CustomAttribute2, #{n='Counter';e={$b}} | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation c:\Awsaf\PowerShell\afternew.csv
I want to increment the value of $b by 1. I have tried $b++, $b+=, for loop, do-while, nothing seems to be working. How can I do it?
I have also tried the following additional code, but I cannot figure out how to increase the value of $b.
$b = 0
Import-CSV c:\Awsaf\powershell\afternew.csv -Delimiter ',' | `
ForEach-Object { $_.Counter = "$b"; return $_ } | `
Export-CSV c:\awsaf\powershell\afterX.csv -Delimiter ',' -NoTypeInformation

Use explicit script scope for the variable 'b'. After increment (++) do not forget to output the value.
Here is the code that works fine for me (it is a slightly changed version of yours):
# Prepare some data for the test
Get-ChildItem | Select-Object Name | Export-Csv test1.csv -NoTypeInformation
# 1) Use explicit script scope for the variable 'b'
# 2) After increment (++) do not forget to output it
$script:b = 0
Import-Csv test1.csv |
select Name, #{n='Counter'; e={$script:b++; $script:b}} |
Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation test2.csv

This is a slight variation as I needed this in a string. Roman's curly brackets don't take a string. You need to use parentheses:
`"$($script:b++; $script:b)"`

Ohter option (although not so beautiful) is to use Add-Member. You tried it in your ForEach-Object:
gci |
select Name |
% -beg {$counter=0} {$counter++; Add-Member -in $_ -name Test NoteProperty $counter -pass }