Out-Default

Reference

Module:: Microsoft.PowerShell.Core

Sends the output to the default formatter and to the default output cmdlet.

Syntax

Out-Default
   [-Transcript]
   [-InputObject <PSObject>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

PowerShell automatically adds Out-Default to the end of every top-level interactive pipeline. Out-Default passes the objects it receives to the PowerShell format system. Then, it writes the formatted output to the console. This cmdlet isn't intended to be used by the end user.

Examples

Example 1

While this cmdlet is not intended to be run directly by the end user, it can be.

Get-Process | Select-Object -First 5 | Out-Default

NPM(K)    PM(M)      WS(M)     CPU(s)      Id  SI ProcessName
 ------    -----      -----     ------      --  -- -----------
     12     2.56       5.20       0.00    7376   0 aesm_service
     48    34.32      18.10      26.64    9320  13 AlertusDesktopAlert
     24    13.97      12.74       0.77   12656  13 ApplicationFrameHost
      8     1.79       4.41       0.00    8180   0 AppVShNotify
      9     1.99       5.07       0.19   19320  13 AppVShNotify

No error is thrown when using Out-Default but the output isn't changed if it's not explicitly called.

Parameters

-InputObject

Accepts input to the cmdlet.

Type:	PSObject
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-Transcript

When you use this parameter, the output is only sent to the PowerShell transcript.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

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