List files by extension.
Enumerate regular files and return their names in order.
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath './reports' -File -Filter '*.txt' | Sort-Object Name | ForEach-Object NameExpected output EXAMPLE
a.txt b.txt
Details
Requires PowerShell 7. Save as snippet.ps1 and run pwsh -NoProfile -File snippet.ps1. Tested on Linux; these examples use portable paths and cmdlets. -File excludes directories; -Filter narrows enumeration.
Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · PowerShell 7.6.6 · powershell 7.6.6-1.deb
Test inputs, results and environment
The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Snippet process uid 65534 with a read-only root filesystem and temporary working files. Networking disabled. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.
- Architecture / host kernel
- x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
- Snippet identity / locale
- uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged process) / C.UTF-8
- Interpreter invocation
pwsh -NoLogo -NoProfile -NonInteractive -File snippet.ps1- Container image ID
sha256:ec91410a8f6ec3e985830b5e3a0560306d36f8c1c5ccd91a6699abe707123fa3- Code SHA-256
1a12666d584e54fc6f91efab5f48793d3f547fa6554d8c8ef602d587cfea9d2f- Dependencies
- powershell 7.6.6-1.deb
Test input setup
These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.
mkdir reports; touch reports/b.txt reports/a.txt reports/skip.csv
Observed standard output
a.txt b.txt
Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.