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		jstanley on April 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Two Months with Powershell on a Unix > You could do that, but the way to write it in the bash way would be `dir \| select -first 3` I would have said "ls \| head -n3" as well. I've never heard of "select". I just tried your suggestion and it doesn't appear to work: $ dir \| select -first 3 bash: syntax error near unexpected token `3'

athrun on April 24, 2020 [–]

It's because it's a PowerShell syntax. What the parent meant was "here's how to write it in PowerShell so that it still has a 'unix' feel to it (ie: composing commands with pipes and option switches)".

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