How To Write PowerShell Output

How To Write PowerShell Output To A Text File And Overwrite It

There are three ways to overwrite the content of a text file. Firstly, if you run the Out-File command without the Append parameter, it will overwrite the content of the text file.

Moreover, you can overwrite the content of a text file with the Set-Content command. Finally, you can use the > redirection operator to overwrite the content of a text.

"does out-file overwrite - line 1" | Out-File -FilePath C:\overwrite.txt
"does out-file overwrite - line 2" > C:\overwrite.txt
"does out-file overwrite - line 3" | Set-Content C:\overwrite.txt
Set-Content C:\overwrite.txt -Value "does out-file overwrite - line 4"

Append to file

"does append - line 1" | Out-File -FilePath C:\append.txt -Append
"does append - line 2" >> C:\append.txt
Add-Content -Path C:\append.txt -Value "does append - line 3"