measure-object:tldr:8b3d2

measure-object: Pipe input to Measure-Command (objects that are piped to `Measure-Command` are available to the script block that is passed to the Expression parameter).

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$ "One", "Two", "Three", "Four" | Set-Content -Path "${path\to\file}"; Get-Content "${path\to\file}"; | Measure-Object -Character -Line -Word

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This command performs several operations using PowerShell. Here is a breakdown of each component:

"One", "Two", "Three", "Four": This is an array of strings containing four elements - "One", "Two", "Three", and "Four".
| Set-Content -Path "${path\to\file}": The | symbol (pipe) is used to send the output of the previous command as input to the next one. Here, it takes the array of strings and saves them to a file located at the path specified in ${path\to\file}.
Get-Content "${path\to\file}": This command reads the contents of the file specified by ${path\to\file}.
| Measure-Object -Character -Line -Word: The output of Get-Content is piped to Measure-Object, which calculates various statistics about the input. The -Character, -Line, and -Word parameters tell Measure-Object to count the number of characters, lines, and words in the input, respectively.

So, overall, this command writes the strings "One", "Two", "Three", and "Four" to a file specified by ${path\to\file}. Then, it reads the file and calculates the number of characters, lines, and words present in the file.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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