Echo equivalent in PowerShell for script testing

Question

I would like to output variables and values out in a PowerShell script by setting up flags and seeing the data matriculate throughout the script    How would I do this     For example  what would be the PowerShell equivalent to the following PHP code    echo  filesizecounter       filesizecounter

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PowerShell has aliases for several common commands like echo. Type the following in PowerShell:

Get-Alias echo

to get a response:

CommandType     Name                                               Version    Source
-----------     ----                                               -------    ------
Alias           echo -> Write-Output

Even Get-Alias has an alias gal -> Get-Alias. You could write gal echo to get the alias for echo.

gal echo

Other aliases are listed here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/learn/using-familiar-command-names?view=powershell-6

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echo is alias to Write-Output although it looks the same as Write-Host    It isn t What is the difference between echo and Write-Host in PowerShell    echo is an alias for Write-Output  which writes to the Success output stream  This allows output to be processed through pipelines or redirected into files  Write-Host writes directly to the console  so the output can t be redirected processed any further

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Try Get-Content   yourScript PS1 and you will see the content of your script   also you can insert this line in your scrip code   get-content   scriptname PS1 script code script code

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I don t know if it s wise to do so  but you can just write   filesizecounter       filesizecounter   And it should output      filesizecounter  value

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By far the easiest way to echo in powershell  is just create the string object and let the pipeline output it    filesizecounter   8096  filesizecounter    filesizecounter    Of course  you do give up some flexibility when not using the Write-  methods

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The Write-host work fine    Filesize    Get-Item  filepath  length  Write-Host  FileSize   filesize

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There are several ways   Write-Host  Write directly to the console  not included in function cmdlet output  Allows foreground and background colour to be set   Write-Debug  Write directly to the console  if  DebugPreference set to Continue or Stop   Write-Verbose  Write directly to the console  if  VerbosePreference set to Continue or Stop   The latter is intended for extra optional information  Write-Debug for debugging  so would seem to fit in this case    Additional  In PSH2  at least  scripts using cmdlet binding will automatically get the -Verbose and -Debug switch parameters  locally enabling Write-Verbose and Write-Debug  i e  overriding the preference variables  as compiled cmdlets and providers do

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Write-Host  filesizecounter      filesizecounter

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PowerShell interpolates  does it not   In PHP  echo  filesizecounter       filesizecounter    can also be written as   echo  filesizecounter   filesizecounter     In PowerShell something like this should suit your needs   Write-Host  filesizecounter   filesizecounter

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Powershell has an alias mapping echo to Write-Output  so   echo  filesizecounter    filesizecounter

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It should also be mentioned  that Set-PSDebug is similar to the old-school echo on batch command  Set-PSDebug -Trace 1  This command will result in showing every line of the executing script   When the Trace parameter has a value of 1  each line of script is traced as it runs  When the parameter has a value of 2  variable assignments  function calls  and script calls are also traced  If the Step parameter is specified  you re prompted before each line of the script runs

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