Sorting PowerShell versions

Question

In PowerShell, if I have a list of strings containing versions, \"3.0.1.1\", \"3.2.1.1\", etc., how can I sort it the way System.Version would sort it in C#?

Answer 1

A version string can be cast to a Version object, and sort-object can be passed a script block and sort on the result.

PS C:\Users\me> "3.11.0.1", "3.0.1.1", "3.2.1.1" | sort
3.0.1.1
3.11.0.1
3.2.1.1

PS C:\Users\me> "3.11.0.1", "3.0.1.1", "3.2.1.1" | sort {[version] $_}
3.0.1.1
3.2.1.1
3.11.0.1

(Added an extra version string to make the example actually meaningful.)