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Handy #PowerShell one-liner of the day: Alphabetize whatever is on the clipboard: ~~~PowerShell @(@(Get-Clipboard) -split '(?>\r\n|\n)' | Sort-Object) -join [Environment]::NewLine | Set-Clipboard ~~~

6/9/26, 9:31 pm0 reposts6 likes

jake-bolton.bsky.social

@jake-bolton.bsky.social

6 Sept

Here's what I like. Add `-Unique` for distinct ~~~Powershell (Get-Clipboard -Raw) -split '\r?\n' | Sort-Object -Unique ~~~ Is there a difference with your regex and @() output? I appear to get the same results I tested mixing nested newlines in the array #Powershell

jake-bolton.bsky.social

@jake-bolton.bsky.social

6 Sept

For the regex the difference is it can be more performant. For the I'm not sure if the double `@()` causes the value to be enumerated an additional time?

James Brundage | MVP

@mrpowershell.com

6 Sept

It does not. It just puts the result in an array. In this case I can probably get by with () or $(), because there can only be one item on the clipboard at a given time.