Powershell-File names in a directory with same letters

Question

I need to write a powershell script, which list file names that contains the same letters, only difference is the sort of the letters.

My first oppinion is to sort the letters in alphabet, and if it fit, then they match, but i need some help for do that

Get-ChildItem $path | foreach  {$i=1}`
{  
        $asd=$_ | sort-object
        Get-ChildItem $path | foreach  {$i=1}`
        {  
            $wasd=$_ | sort-object              
            if($asd -eq $wasd)
            {
                Write-Host $_
            }

        }
}

This files match for my criteria: asd.txt, dsa.txt, because contains same letters

`code` Get-ChildItem $path | foreach {$i=1}` { $asd=$_ | sort Get-ChildItem $path | foreach {$i=1}` { $wasd=$_ | sort Write-Host $wasd " " $asd if($asd -eq $wasd) { Write-Host $_ } } } `code` This way of sort didnt work — user3063349, Dec 12 '13 at 16:41
Get-ChildItem $path | foreach {$i=1}` { $asd=$_ | sort Get-ChildItem $path | foreach {$i=1}` { $wasd=$_ | sort Write-Host $wasd " " $asd if($asd -eq $wasd) { Write-Host $_ } } } — user3063349, Dec 12 '13 at 16:41
Please give examples of the file names that would fit your criteria. — Benjamin Hubbard, Dec 12 '13 at 16:50
Put your code in your post, not in a comment. It won't be formatted properly in a comment. — alroc, Dec 12 '13 at 16:52

Mike Shepard · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-12T19:15:53.263

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I think this is doing what you want.

function get-Stringcharacters {
param($string)
  [char[]]$string | sort-object
}

dir $path | group-object @{E={get-Stringcharacters $_.Name}} | 
          where-object {$_.Count -gt 1} | 
          select-object -ExpandProperty Group |
          foreach { write-host $_.Name }

edited Dec 12 '13 at 19:15

answered Dec 12 '13 at 18:38

Mike Shepard

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dunno what this doing, but its not working, i need to write-host the file names, who match like i wrote, can u put that to the code? – user3063349 Dec 12 '13 at 18:42
Is that closer to what you're looking for? – Mike Shepard Dec 12 '13 at 18:52
still not working, i need the files from $path directory, is that work from that? – user3063349 Dec 12 '13 at 19:05
Added $path to the dir cmdlet. – Mike Shepard Dec 12 '13 at 19:16

KevinD · Answer 2 · 2013-12-12T21:02:49.377

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gci | % { ($.BaseName.ToString().toCharArray() | Sort) -join ''} | Group | ? { $.Count -gt 1 } | Select Name

edited Dec 12 '13 at 21:02

answered Dec 12 '13 at 18:40

KevinD

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it isnt seems like very bad answer, have sense but its not even write anything to my host... – user3063349 Dec 12 '13 at 18:47

Powershell-File names in a directory with same letters

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