TOPIC
	about_Redirection

SHORT DESCRIPTION
	Describes how to redirect output from Windows PowerShell to text files.

LONG DESCRIPTION
	By default, Windows PowerShell sends its command output to the Windows
	PowerShell console. However, you can direct the output to a text 
	file, and you can redirect error output to the regular output stream.


	You can use the following methods to redirect output:

		- Use the Out-File cmdlet, which sends command output to a text file. 
		Typically, you use the Out-File cmdlet when you need to use its 
		parameters, such as the Encoding, Force, Width, or NoClobber 
		parameters.

		- Use the Tee-Object cmdlet, which sends command output to a text file 
		and then sends it to the pipeline.

		- Use the Windows PowerShell redirection operators.


	The Windows PowerShell redirection operators are as follows.


	Operator  Description				Example  
	--------  ----------------------	 ------------------------------
	> 	 Sends output to the		get-process > process.txt
				specified file.

	>> 	Appends the output to	dir *.ps1 >> scripts.txt
				the contents of the  
				specified file.

	2> 	Sends errors to the		get-process none 2> errors.txt
				specified file.
 
	2>>  Appends the errors to	get-process none 2>> save-errors.txt
				the contents of the 
				specified file.
 
	2>&1	Sends errors to the		get-process none, powershell 2>&1
				success output stream. 


	The syntax of the redirection operators is as follows:

	 <input> <operator> [<path>\]<file>

 
	If the specified file already exists, the redirection operators that do not
	append data (> and 2>) overwrite the current contents of the file without 
	warning. However, if the file is a read-only, hidden, or system file, the 
	redirection fails. The append redirection operators (>> and 2>>) do not 
	write to a read-only file, but they append content to a system or hidden 
	file.
 

	To force the redirection of content to a read-only, hidden, or system file,
	use the Out-File cmdlet with its Force parameter. When you are writing to 
	files, the redirection operators use Unicode encoding. If the file has a 
	different encoding, the output might not be formatted correctly. To
	redirect content to non-Unicode files, use the Out-File cmdlet with its
	Encoding parameter.


SEE ALSO
	Out-File
	Tee-Object
	about_Operators
	about_Command_Syntax
	about_Path_Syntax