Write output of powershell script to a file (local directory)

Question

I'm not very knowledgeable with PowerShell, but I was wondering how you could write the output of the script (excerpt below) to a file in my local directory, instead of to the screen?

{
    $userEntry = $result.GetDirectoryEntry()
    Write-Host "User Name = " $userEntry.name
    foreach ($SPN in $userEntry.servicePrincipalName)
    {
        Write-Host "SPN = " $SPN       
    }
    Write-Host ""    
}

I commend your attention to the Out-File and Tee-Object cmdlets, and also Microsoft Docs on PowerShell redirection. — Jeff Zeitlin
– Jeff Zeitlin, Commented May 3, 2019 at 15:52
@akokskis - Definitely closely related; I'm not sure I'd class it as a duplicate. — Jeff Zeitlin
– Jeff Zeitlin, Commented May 3, 2019 at 17:23

HAL9256 · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-03 16:16:51Z

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Replace Write-Host with Out-File with the -Append parameter:

{
    $userEntry = $result.GetDirectoryEntry()
    "User Name = $($userEntry.name)" | Out-File Output.txt -Append
    foreach ($SPN in $userEntry.servicePrincipalName)
    {
        "SPN = $SPN" | Out-File Output.txt -Append
    }
    "" | Out-File Output.txt -Append  
}

Out-File will write straight to the file, the Tee-Object will output both to the screen and to the file.

edited May 3, 2019 at 16:16

answered May 3, 2019 at 15:56

HAL9256

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4 Comments

John Over a year ago

Hello HAL9256. I tried your code, but get the following error:

John Over a year ago

Unexpected token 'userEntry' in expression or statement. + "User Name = "$userEntry <<<< .name | Out-File Output.txt -Append + CategoryInfo :ParserError: <userEntry:String> [], ParseException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken

HAL9256 Over a year ago

Agh. I forgot to add a + so that it should be: "User Name = " + $userEntry.name The other way (imo better way) to do it is to wrap the object in a $() and put it inside the string, as you can better control the formatting. I have edited the Answer to show this method.

John Over a year ago

Worked like a charm!!!!!! Much thanks HAL9256!!!! Take care. Cheers, John.

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