Output PowerShell variables to a text file

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I m new to PowerShell and have a script which loops through Active Directory searching for certain computers  I get several variables and then run functions to check things like WMI and registry settings   In the console  my script runs great and simple Write-Host command prints the data on the screen as I want  I know about Export-Csv when using the pipeline   but I m not looking to print from the pipeline   I want to write the variables to a text file  continue the loop  and check the next computer in AD   output the next iteration of the same variables on the next line  Here is my Write-Host   Write-Host   computer      Speed      Regcheck      OU    Output file    computer  Speed  Regcheck   out-file -filepath C  temp scripts pshell dump txt -append -width 200   It gives me the data  but each variable is on its own line  Why  I d like all the variables on one line with comma separation  Is there a simple way to do this akin to VB writeline  My PowerShell version appears to be 2 0

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I was lead here in my Google searching   In a show of good faith I have included what I pieced together from parts of this code and other code I ve gathered along the way    x000D   x000D    This script is useful if you have attributes or properties that span across several commandlets x000D    and you wish to export a certain data set but all of the properties you wish to export are not x000D    included in only one commandlet so you must use more than one to export the data set you want x000D    x000D    Created  Joshua Biddle 08 24 2017 x000D    Edited  Joshua Biddle 08 24 2017 x000D    x000D   x000D   A   Get-ADGroupMember  YourGroupName  x000D   x000D    Construct an out-array to use for data export x000D   Results       x000D   x000D  foreach   B in  A  x000D        x000D      Construct an object x000D           myobj   Get-ADuser  B samAccountName -Properties ScriptPath Office x000D     x000D      Fill the object x000D     Properties      x000D    samAccountName    myobj samAccountName x000D    Name    myobj Name  x000D    Office    myobj Office  x000D    ScriptPath    myobj ScriptPath x000D      x000D   x000D            Add the object to the out-array x000D           Results    New-Object psobject -Property  Properties x000D           x000D      Wipe the object just to be sure x000D           myobj    null x000D        x000D   x000D    After the loop  export the array to CSV x000D   Results   Select  samAccountName    Name    Office    ScriptPath    Export-CSV  C  Temp YourData csv  x000D   x000D   x000D    Cheers

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You can concatenate an array of values together using PowerShell s  -join  operator  Here is an example    FilePath     0  temp scripts pshell dump txt  -f  env SystemDrive    Computer    pc1    Speed   9001   RegCheck    true    Computer  Speed  RegCheck -join       Out-File -FilePath  FilePath -Append -Width 200    Output  pc1 9001 True

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The simple solution is to avoid creating an array before piping to Out-File   Rule  1 of PowerShell is that the comma is a special delimiter  and the default behavior is to create an array  Concatenation is done like this    computer          Speed          Regcheck   out-file -filepath C  temp scripts pshell dump txt -append -width 200   This creates an array of three items    computer  Speed  Regcheck FYKJ 100 YES   vs  concatenation of three items separated by commas    computer          Speed          Regcheck FYKJ 100 YES

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computer  Speed  Regcheck will create an array  and run out-file ones per variable   they get seperate lines  If you construct a single string using the variables first  it will show up a single line  Like this     computer  Speed  Regcheck    out-file -filepath C  temp scripts pshell dump txt -append -width 200

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Use this     computer   Speed   Regcheck    out-file -filepath C  temp scripts pshell dump txt -append -width 200

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I usually construct custom objects in these loops  and then add these objects to an array that I can easily manipulate  sort  export to CSV  etc      Construct an out-array to use for data export  OutArray          The computer loop you already have foreach   server in  serverlist                  Construct an object          myobj        Select  computer    Speed    Regcheck             Fill the object          myobj computer    computer          myobj speed    speed          myobj regcheck    regcheck            Add the object to the out-array          outarray     myobj            Wipe the object just to be sure          myobj    null          After the loop  export the array to CSV  outarray   export-csv  somefile csv

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