Write output to a text file in PowerShell

Question

I ve compared two files using the following code   Compare-Object   Get-Content c  user documents List1 txt    Get-Content c  user documents List2 txt     How can I write the output of this to a new text file  I ve tried using an echo command  but I don t really understand the syntax

User · Answer

Another way this could be accomplished is by using the Start-Transcript and Stop-Transcript commands, respectively before and after command execution. This would capture the entire session including commands.

Start-Transcript

Stop-Transcript

For this particular case Out-File is probably your best bet though.

User · Answer

Use the Out-File cmdlet   Compare-Object       Out-File C  filename txt   Optionally  add -Encoding utf8 to Out-File as the default encoding is not really ideal for many uses

User · Answer

The simplest way is to just redirect the output  like so   Compare-Object   Get-Content c  user documents List1 txt    Get-Content c  user documents List2 txt   gt  c  user documents diff output txt    gt  will cause the output file to be overwritten if it already exists   gt  gt  will append new text to the end of the output file if it already exists

[powershell] Write output to a text file in PowerShell

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