Is there a way for powershell to get the output from a console app and save it in a text file?

Question

I have a .Net Framework Console App that prints Hexadecimal strings (base 16) whenever ENTER key is pressed.

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int counter = 0;

        while (Console.ReadKey().Key == ConsoleKey.Enter
            && counter.ToString("X2") != "100")
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0}", counter.ToString("X2"));
            counter++;
        }
    }
}

I am able to run and interact with this console app using a powershell script.

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms

$csvProc = Start-Process C:\Users\name\source\repos\Solution\Project\bin\Debug\consoleapp.exe -PassThru

Sleep 1

do{
[System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys]::SendWait('~');

}while(!$csvProc.HasExited)

$csvProc | Stop-Process

Is there a way for powershell to get the hexadecimal strings output from the console app and save it in a text file?

Use [Out-file](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/out-file?view=powershell-7.1#parameters). — Vivek Kumar Singh, Dec 17 '20 at 08:12
@zett42 it did! Thank you! I added -RedirectStandardOutput '.\mytestfile.txt' in the Start-Process. — ArkishaFran, Dec 17 '20 at 08:34

Is there a way for powershell to get the output from a console app and save it in a text file?

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