What is the correct way to set a variable to the size of the largest file in a directory?

Question

PowerShell

Help me figure out the correct spelling of the syntax
I'm trying like this, but the variable is empty

Set-Location C:\Users\
$status = get-childitem -Recurse | Sort-Object -Descending -Property length | Select -First 1 length

Answer 1

well, it’s hardly empty, if only the directory is empty,
most likely there is an object with one property - Length
if you need only a number, then like this

get-childitem -Recurse | Sort-Object -Descending -Property length | Select -First 1 -ExpandProperty Length

will be either empty or a number