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Sorting IP address spaces with PowerShell
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| # Define ranges | |
| $NetworkRanges = @( | |
| '10.11.0.0/24' | |
| '10.11.1.0/24' | |
| '10.11.12.0/24' | |
| '10.11.24.0/24' | |
| '10.11.2.0/24' | |
| ) | |
| # Bad - does not sort according to address spaces, only alphanumerical :( | |
| $NetworkRanges | Sort-Object | |
| # Good - sort it by treating the IP address part as a "Version" :) | |
| $NetworkRanges | Sort-Object -Property { $_.Split('/')[0] -as [System.Version] } | |
| # This can also be done with IP Addresses: | |
| $IpAddresses = @( | |
| '10.11.0.5' | |
| '10.11.1.23' | |
| '10.11.12.33' | |
| '10.11.24.12' | |
| '10.11.2.1' | |
| ) | |
| # Good - sort it by treating the IP address as a "Version" :) | |
| $IpAddresses | Sort-Object -Property { $_ -as [System.Version] } |
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