# Command Detail - S

## script

```
start-transcript
```

## sleep

```
start-sleep -seconds 5
```

or

```
start-sleep -milliseconds 250
```

or just:

```
sleep 3
```

...will sleep for 3 seconds

## sort

```
get-process | sort-object -property VirtualMemorySize
```

## sort -u

The closest PowerShell equivalent to the unix `sort -u` is `get-unique`

```
gc c:\temp\2000.txt | sort | gu
```

Note: this only works as far I can see if you sort it first

Note 2: get-unique IS case sensitive

## sql

This isn't really a Powershell equivalent of a unix command, but in case it's useful, to call Sqlserver's implementation of the sql command line from Powershell you can use `invoke-sqlcmd`

```
Invoke-Sqlcmd -ServerInstance -query "Select blah" -database _catalog
```

You need to have the sql module loaded for this to work, or be running the Powershell console from within SSMS


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