Grouping Files By Extension In A Folder Or Repo With Powershell

usecase

The concern is documenting the need to get a fast overview of a cloned github repo with powershell — a quick profile into what filetypes are inside.

1. pipe dir to group with attribute + select and sort

• uses powershell as a declarative / query language
• definitely insightful when codifying workflows
• my personal kb 🠋

dir -Recurse -File | group Extension | select count, name | sort count -Descending
Count Name
----- ----
  677 .png
  536 .md
  153 .js
   72 .gif
   30 .ps1
   19 .json
   13
   12 .jpg
   12 .map
    9 .html
    9 .clj
    8 .ts
    7 .pyc
    7 .py
    5 .bat
    4 .pdf
    3 .zip
    2 .TAG
    2 .gitignore
    2 .txt
    1 .cmd
    1 .lisp
    1 .css
    1 .ico
    1 .csv
    1 .npmignore

2. sources

• Recursively looking for count of file extension using PowerShell — Stack Overflow