Out-String - Powershell 1.0 CmdLet

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Out-String

Description
Send objects to the host as strings

Usage


Options


Example(s)
Send the content of Test1.txt to the console as a single string:

PS C:\>get-content C:\docs\test1.txt | out-string

Get the regional settings for the current user and convert the data to strings:

PS C:\>$cult = get-culture | select-object *
out-string -inputobject $cult -width 100

Display all aliases that include the phrase "Get-"

PS C:\>get-alias | out-string -stream | select-string "Get-"

Piping into Select-String demonstrates the difference between working with objects and working with strings. The -stream parameter sends each string individually, as without this Select-String would simply match and return the entire single string containing all of the aliases.