PowerShell: Print to Screen
Print to Screen
Write-Host
-
print to screen. Useful for printing status for user.
Write-Host 'hi'
print without a newline:
Write-Host 'hi' -nonewline
print a collection, one on each line:
# print a collection, one on each line Write-Host (1..5) -separator "`n"
Print to Screen or Pipe to Command
Write-Output
(aliasecho
,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