Sends output to the command line. (Out-Host)
NAMEOut-HostSYNOPSISSends output to the command line.SYNTAXOut-Host [-InputObject <psobject>] [-Paging] [<CommonParameters>]DESCRIPTIONThe Out-Host cmdlet sends output to the Windows PowerShell host for display. The host displays the output at the command line. Because Out-Host is the default, you do not need to specify it unless you want to use its parameters to change the display.PARAMETERS-InputObject <psobject> Specifies the objects that are written to the console. Enter a variable that contains the objects, or type a command or expression that gets the objects. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue) Accept wildcard characters? false -Paging [<SwitchParameter>] Displays one page of output at a time, and waits for user input before displaying the remaining pages, much like the traditional "more" command. By default, all of the output is displayed on a single page. The page size is determined by the characteristics of the host. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters> This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type, "get-help about_commonparameters".INPUTSSystem.Management.Automation.PSObject You can pipe any object to Out-Host.OUTPUTSNone Out-Host does not generate any output. However, the host might display the objects that Out-Host sends to it.NOTESYou can also refer to Out-Host by its built-in alias, "oh". For more information, see about_Aliases. The cmdlets that contain the Out verb (the Out cmdlets) do not format objects; they just render them and send them to the specified display destination. If you send an unformatted object to an Out cmdlet, the cmdlet sends it to a formatting cmdlet before rendering it. The Out cmdlets do not have parameters for names or file paths. To send data to an Out cmdlet, use a pipeline operator (|) to send the output of a Windows PowerShell command to the cmdlet. You can also store data in a variable and use the InputObject parameter to pass the data to the cmdlet. For help, see the examples. Out-Host sends data, but it does not emit any output objects. If you pipe the output of Out-Host to Get-Member, Get-Member reports that no objects have been specified.Examples
EXAMPLE 1C:\PS>get-process | out-host -pagingDescription----------- This command displays the processes on the system one page at a time. It uses the Get-Process command to get the processes on the system. The pipeline operator (|) sends the results to Out-Host, which displays them at the console. The Paging parameter displays one page of data at a time. The same command format is used for the Help function that is built into Windows PowerShell. That function gets data from Get-Help and then uses the Paging parameter of Out-Host to display the data one page at a time by using this command format: get-help $args[0] | out-host -paging).EXAMPLE 2C:\PS>$a = get-history C:\PS>out-host -InputObject $aDescription----------- These commands display the session history at the command line. The first command uses the Get-History cmdlet to get the session history, and then it stores the history in the $a variable. The second command uses Out-Host to display the content of the $a variable, and it uses the InputObject parameter to specify the variable to Out-Host. RELATED LINKS Online version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113365 Out-Printer Out-Null Out-File Out-String Out-Default Write-Host C:\Windows>powershell get-help Out-File -full
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