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
(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