Powershell Bad Code #2: Sort-Object not working with filenames

Question: Why this command is not sorting the filenames in ascending order from 1 to 20 ?

Not working

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Working

Answer :

# Answer:
Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Logs' | Select-Object -Property Name | Sort-Object -Property { ($_.Name -replace '[^\d]', '') -as [int] }

# Explanation:
It is needed to sort the filenames as integers : -as [int]

# Answer:

Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Logs' | Select-Object -Property Name | Sort-Object -Property { ($_.Name -replace '[^\d]', '') -as [int] }

# Explanation:

It is needed to sort the filenames as integers : -as [int]

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