PowerShell Output to Log File

Homer712 · 24 Apr 2021

I know that "Get-Hotfix" in PowerShell will get me a nice output of my installed updates.

PowerShell Output to Log File-get-hotfix.png

Can someone point me in the right direction of how to get a log (for lack of a better term) file on my Desktop of this output.

Thanks!

Try3 · 24 Apr 2021

There are lots of methods. The simplest is the same as it is in the cmd prompt

Code:

so you use [with your own folder path instead of mine]

Code:

get-hotfix >D:\Desktop\Get-HotFix.txt

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Denis

Homer712 · 24 Apr 2021

@Try3 Many thanks, not only a solution, but information to digest with my morning coffee. Once you move beyond the basic Windows package, it's a fascinating OS.

Marking as Solved.

Try3 · 24 Apr 2021

Homer,

It would have to be a very large pot of coffee.

I find that I tend to use either that simplest method [the > redirection] or csv outputs. So perhaps you could just study csv for now and keep the other links for reference.

All the best,
Denis