Powershell : How to capture powershell output

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I have set of powershell scripts which gets invoke from command prompt. Currently script returns the success or failure code.

Sometime some of the powershell commands in the scripts throws error. I want to capture all the output (logs/message/error). I found that I can use the command like

.\test.ps1 2>&1 | foreach-object {$_.ToString()} | Out-File e:\log.txt

Although this approch logs the error message however following are the problems

It just logs the error message not the line number which comes when I run the same script from the powershell console.
Now there is no output message from powershell. I do not want to hide the output from console & want powershell logging as additional thing.
I have to modify the script invocation command. Is there any standlone tool which can run & capture the output coming on the powershell window.

Thomas Lee · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-19 10:01:08Z

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I was going to mention Start-Transcript as a great way to do it.

You can also make use of Get-History to find out what commands you entered.

answered Jul 19, 2012 at 10:01

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Atul Sureka · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-08 14:01:24Z

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Just found Start-Transcript and Stop-Transcript commands. We can use it to capture all the output content (error/message/info etc) to file.

answered May 8, 2012 at 14:01

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