Have write-host output to a file in Powershell

Question

Okay so I'm working in Powershell and am trying to have "write-host" output to a file. Here is the code I'm working with right now

Function CreateNugetPackage {
    Param(
        [String] $File
    )
    Process {
        $retCode = 0
        write-verbose "Getting version of $file..."
        $version = (Get-Item $File).VersionInfo.FileVersion
        $id = $file.Substring(0, $File.LastIndexof('.'))
        $filepath = Get-ChildItem "$File"
        $OriginalFilename = (Get-Item $File).VersionInfo.OriginalFilename
        write-verbose "$id"
        write-verbose "$filepath"
        $id > test.txt
        write-host $filepath >> test.txt

So the $id generates the name of the file without the extension and what I'm trying to do with the $filepath is have it output the host to the test.txt file. I've tried doing "write-output $filepath >> test.txt" but that didn't work the way I wanted it to. Instead of outputing the host it outputted

Directory: C:\Users\mhopper\Documents\CreateNugetPackage


    Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name                              
    ----                -------------     ------ ----                              
    -ar--        10/22/2014   9:17 AM    5534208 AjaxControlToolkit.dll

instead of just "C:\Users\mhopper\Documents\CreateNugetPackage\AjaxControlToolkit.dll"

Any help would be appreciated thank you!

Try $filepath.FullName as well. Get-ChildItem returns FileInfo (or DirectoryInfo) objects which PowerShell formats in a special way. — Mike Zboray
– Mike Zboray, Commented Dec 11, 2014 at 16:54
Yes! Thank you! That worked exactly like I wanted it to, thank you very much! — Macauley
– Macauley, Commented Dec 11, 2014 at 17:03

Kohlbrr · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-11 16:50:17Z

2

You can't redirect output from Write-Host (it doesn't populate the output stream and cannot be piped).

answered Dec 11, 2014 at 16:50

Kohlbrr

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2 Comments

Macauley Over a year ago

I tried doing write-output instead of write host and it generates Directory: C:\Users\mhopper\Documents\CreateNugetPackage Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -ar-- 10/22/2014 9:17 AM 5534208 AjaxControlToolkit.dll instead of "C:\Users\mhopper\Documents\CreateNugetPackage\AjaxControlToolkit.dll"

Matt Over a year ago

@Macauley Look at Mike Z's comment on your post. You need to use $filepath.FullName

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