Why Write-Host results are sent to file?

Question

I read everywhere (i.e. Redirect Write-Host statements to file) that Write-Host cannot be redirected to file. But

Given t.ps1 file:

function Log(){
    Write-Host "host msg"
}

Log

I see "host msg" in file:

PS D:\> & ./t.ps1 *>> .\out.log

PS D:\> gc .\out.log
host msg

In PSv5+, `Write-Host` uses the `Information` pipeline (`5`) — Maximilian Burszley, Mar 21 '18 at 18:36
This is why you shouldn't use redirect-all (`*>`) or should use a targeted redirect (`2>&1 3>&1 > file.txt` etc.) — Maximilian Burszley, Mar 21 '18 at 18:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 22 '18 at 04:02

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I guess you can Write-output instead of write-host, to redirect output to a file or use pipe and out-file cmdlet.

answered Mar 22 '18 at 04:02

DKU

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