The FormatNumbers parameter causes the script to output numbers as formatted strings with thousands separators, and the Total parameter outputs a final object after all other output that adds up the total number of files and directories for all output. These parameters are useful when running the script at a Windows PowerShell command prompt; but you shouldn’t use them if you’re going to do something else with the output (such as sorting or filtering) because the numbers will be text (with FormatNumbers) and there will be an extra object (with Total). The following image shows an example command that uses the FormatNumbers and Total parameters with US English thousands separators.