Vista - output .ps1 script to text file

I have the following script that list installed hotfixes. My problem is right
now it uses the write-host to show it on screen. I am looking for assistance
on how it can be modified to either write to screen and text file or just a
text file.

$strComputer = "."

$colItems = get-wmiobject -class "Win32_QuickFixEngineering" -namespace
"root\CIMV2" `
-computername $strComputer

foreach ($objItem in $colItems) {
write-host "Caption: " $objItem.Caption | Out-File "D:\scripts\test.txt"
write-host "CS Name: " $objItem.CSName
write-host "Description: " $objItem.Description
write-host "Fix Comments: " $objItem.FixComments
write-host "HotFix ID: " $objItem.HotFixID
write-host "InstallationDate: " $objItem.InstallDate
write-host "Installed By: " $objItem.InstalledBy
write-host "Installed On: " $objItem.InstalledOn
write-host "Name: " $objItem.Name
write-host "Service Pack In Effect: " $objItem.ServicePackInEffect
write-host "Status: " $objItem.Status
write-host
}

You could write to the screen and file by using tee-object like this:

$colItems | select-object CSName, Description, FixComments, HotFixID,
InstallDate, InstalledBy, InstalledOn, Name, ServicePackInEffect, Status |
tee-object outfile.txt

Get rid of tee-object and it will just write to the screen.

--
Nigel Sharples [MSFT]
Windows PowerShell
Microsoft Corporation
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"Aaron" <Aaron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:118C1725-1C07-44B3-B935-D31A1B0F1C47@microsoft.com...
>I have the following script that list installed hotfixes. My problem is
>right
> now it uses the write-host to show it on screen. I am looking for
> assistance
> on how it can be modified to either write to screen and text file or just
> a
> text file.
>
> $strComputer = "."
>
> $colItems = get-wmiobject -class "Win32_QuickFixEngineering" -namespace
> "root\CIMV2" `
> -computername $strComputer
>
> foreach ($objItem in $colItems) {
> write-host "Caption: " $objItem.Caption | Out-File
> "D:\scripts\test.txt"
> write-host "CS Name: " $objItem.CSName
> write-host "Description: " $objItem.Description
> write-host "Fix Comments: " $objItem.FixComments
> write-host "HotFix ID: " $objItem.HotFixID
> write-host "InstallationDate: " $objItem.InstallDate
> write-host "Installed By: " $objItem.InstalledBy
> write-host "Installed On: " $objItem.InstalledOn
> write-host "Name: " $objItem.Name
> write-host "Service Pack In Effect: " $objItem.ServicePackInEffect
> write-host "Status: " $objItem.Status
> write-host
> }

Try this. It basically puts your info in a string and then sends to just log
if you set $logonly to $true else it sends to log and console.

===== CODE =====

$strComputer = "."
$log = "c:\tools\test.log"
$logonly=$false

"Starting Script" | out-File $log -enc ASCII

$colItems = get-wmiobject -class "Win32_QuickFixEngineering" -namespace
"root\CIMV2" -computername $strComputer

foreach ($objItem in $colItems) {
$msg = "
Caption: $($objItem.Caption)
CS Name: $($objItem.CSName)
Description: $($objItem.Description)
Fix Comments: $($objItem.FixComments)
HotFix ID: $($objItem.HotFixID)
InstallationDate: $($objItem.InstallDate)
Installed By: $($objItem.InstalledBy)
Installed On: $($objItem.InstalledOn)
Name: $($objItem.Name)
Service Pack In Effect: $($objItem.ServicePackInEffect)
Status: $($objItem.Status)
"
if($logOnly)
{
$msg | out-File $log -append -encoding ASCII
}
else
{
$msg | out-File $log -append -encoding ASCII
$msg
}
}
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"Aaron" <Aaron@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:118C1725-1C07-44B3-B935-D31A1B0F1C47@microsoft.com...
>I have the following script that list installed hotfixes. My problem is
>right
> now it uses the write-host to show it on screen. I am looking for
> assistance
> on how it can be modified to either write to screen and text file or just
> a
> text file.
>
> $strComputer = "."
>
> $colItems = get-wmiobject -class "Win32_QuickFixEngineering" -namespace
> "root\CIMV2" `
> -computername $strComputer
>
> foreach ($objItem in $colItems) {
> write-host "Caption: " $objItem.Caption | Out-File
> "D:\scripts\test.txt"
> write-host "CS Name: " $objItem.CSName
> write-host "Description: " $objItem.Description
> write-host "Fix Comments: " $objItem.FixComments
> write-host "HotFix ID: " $objItem.HotFixID
> write-host "InstallationDate: " $objItem.InstallDate
> write-host "Installed By: " $objItem.InstalledBy
> write-host "Installed On: " $objItem.InstalledOn
> write-host "Name: " $objItem.Name
> write-host "Service Pack In Effect: " $objItem.ServicePackInEffect
> write-host "Status: " $objItem.Status
> write-host
> }