# Filtering: Where-Object and Comparisons

Where-Object keeps only the objects that pass a test, such as every file over 1 MB or every song, and the test is written with comparisons read aloud as words, -eq "equals", -gt "greater than", -like "is like", with $\_ standing for this item.

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- Category: PowerShell
- Level: Apprentice
- Tags: and-psitem, byte, comparison-operators, operating-system, powershell, script-block, where-object
- Updated: November 10, 2026

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