Pipeline concept (|) in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to list all files and then show only their names.

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Get-ChildItem [1] Select-Object Name

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A-Filter

B|

C-Path

D-Name

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a parameter like -Filter instead of the pipeline symbol.

Using a dash '-' instead of the pipe '|'.

The pipeline symbol '|' passes the output of Get-ChildItem to Select-Object to show only the Name property.

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medium

Complete the code to get all running processes and sort them by CPU usage.

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Get-Process [1] Sort-Object CPU -Descending

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A-ProcessName

B-Name

C-CPU

D|

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Trying to use a parameter instead of the pipeline.

Using a comma or semicolon instead of '|'.

The pipeline '|' passes the list of processes to Sort-Object to order them by CPU usage.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to filter services that are running.

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Get-Service [1] Where-Object {$_.Status -eq 'Running'}

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A|

B-Filter

C-Name

D-Status

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a parameter like -Filter instead of the pipeline.

Missing the pipeline symbol causes a syntax error.

The pipeline '|' is needed to send the output of Get-Service to Where-Object for filtering.

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hard

Fill both blanks to get all services, filter running ones, and select their names.

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Get-Service [1] Where-Object {$_.Status -eq 'Running'} [2] Select-Object Name

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A|

B-Name

D-Status

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using parameters instead of pipelines between commands.

Missing one or both pipeline symbols.

Use the pipeline '|' to connect Get-Service to Where-Object and then to Select-Object.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to get processes, filter by CPU > 100, and select their names.

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Get-Process [1] Where-Object {$_.CPU [2] 100} [3] Select-Object Name

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A|

B-gt

D-CPU

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using parameters instead of pipelines.

Using '=' instead of '-gt' for comparison.

Missing one of the pipeline symbols.

Use pipelines '|' to connect commands and '-gt' to filter CPU usage greater than 100.