PowerShell: Redirect output of a command line tool to the Host

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I am trying to invoke a command-line .exe tool (x264 to convert some videos) and print its output in PowerShell host.

There are a lot of parameters that need to be passed to the x264. So far I couldn't run it with the Invoke-Item cmdlet so I tried

[diagnostics.process]::start($com, $args).WaitForExit()

This works fine but it opens the old cmd window to show the output. Just out of curiosity I was wondering how can I show the output in the host.

Martin · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-06 18:54:18Z

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I might be completely off, no PowerShell guru, but can't you just run the following?

$args = @("list", "of", "args", "here")
& x264.exe $args

answered May 6, 2012 at 18:54

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Shay Levy · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-07 05:59:31Z

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When the cmd window opens, does it show the output? If so, maybe this can help.

Start-Process c:\x264.exe -ArgumentList $args -Wait -NoNewWindow

edited May 7, 2012 at 5:59

answered May 6, 2012 at 15:06

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Alireza Noori Over a year ago

It outputs the result but not in the Host. (I removed the -NoNewWindow parameter to check) Also, is it possible to use this output?

Shay Levy Over a year ago

I downloaded x264 (core:114 r1913 5fd3dce) and executed it, it runs in the same window. what happens when you assign the command to a variable? The variable contains the output when the program finished?

Alireza Noori Over a year ago

No, if I use a variable, it'll just print "True". I think that's the output for "0" (successfull exit).

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