It seems that the script output repeats the header line for each item in the pipeline. In case of "dir c:\windows | out-tempfile" it actually prints multiple lines before each item.

It is not obvious why. I tried debugging the script and each items comes without the header line (s).

Thank you

Alex.

Hi Alex,

What script are you referring to?

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/07/18/hey-scripting-guy-weekend-scripter-how-can-i-create-display-and-then-delete-a-temporary-text-file.aspx

Thanks for your time!

I am running the script as dir c:\windows | out-tempfile.

I expected to see the directory listing in notepad, but the output is different from cmd console and from ISE console. It adds directory header lines to each entry.

I tried adding " write-output $in " prints one line with current file info. When I stop in debugger and print $in it prints directory header lines plus the line for the current item.

It seems to be related to console output mode, not to script itself.

That is a very old post (more that 5 years) and was not intended to be a good CmdLet but an example of how to write an advanced function.

To output formatted objects do this:

dir c:\windows  | Format-Table -auto | Out-String | Out-File mylisting.txt