NAME
    Out-Host

SYNOPSIS
    Sends output to the command line.

SYNTAX
    Out-Host [-InputObject <psobject>] [-Paging] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION
    The 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“.

INPUTS
    System.Management.Automation.PSObject
        You can pipe any object to Out-Host.

OUTPUTS
    None
        Out-Host does not generate any output. However, the host might display the objects that Out-Host sends to it.

NOTES

        You 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.

    ————————– EXAMPLE 1 ————————–

    C:\PS>Get-Process | Out-Host -Paging

    Description
    ———–
    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 2 ————————–

    C:\PS>$a = Get-History

    C:\PS>Out-Host -InputObject $a

    Description
    ———–
    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