PowerShell: Print to Screen

Print to Screen

Write-Host

print to screen. Useful for printing status for user.

Write-Host 'hi there'

# print file paths of all jpg files in current dir
Write-Host (Resolve-Path *jpg) -separator "`n"

Print to Screen or Pipe

Write-Output (alias echo , write)

print to screen or sent it to the pipeline, if there is a pipe.

Command Output are Automatically Printed to Screen

Out-Host

send output to screen. Out-Host is automatically appended to every command that is executed.

Suppress Command Output

# suppress command output
mkdir dirName | Out-Null

# suppress command output. most efficient
$null = mkdir dirName