Write commands (i.e. input not output) to a file

Question

The Out-File lets us write output to a file. What if we want to write input to a file?

I want a list of all the commands that I wrote during a PowerShell session. The file should look something like this:

dir
cd
ni myFile.txt -t file
cd..

We want to keep track of what commands we use in PowerShell.

mjolinor · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-25 22:57:48Z

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Try this:

Get-History |
 select -ExpandProperty commandline |
 Add-Content commandhistory.txt

answered Sep 25, 2014 at 22:57

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Kris Powell · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-25 22:29:02Z

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You could make use of Start-Transcript and Stop-Transcript

Technet links about each command: start-transcript and stop-transcript

Usage example: Start-Transcript -Path C:\Folder\Transcript.txt

answered Sep 25, 2014 at 22:29

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