want to see a message on powershell ISE while executing .exe

Question

I am trying to execute this powershell script

Write-output `n "\\Latest Modified Mobile file is"
$dir = "\\sharepoint.amr.ith.intel.com@SSL\sites\peca\PTA Data Sandbox\Shared Documents\Under_review\Regina\Estimates"
$filter="*EstimateImport_Mobile_*.xlsx"
$latest = Get-ChildItem -Path $dir -Filter $filter | Sort-Object LastAccessTime -Descending | Select-Object -First 1
$latest.Name

if($?)
{
   "command succeeded"
}
else
{
   "command failed"
}

& "C:\PECA Data Estimates Importer\PECA Estimates Importer.exe" import -i $latest.FullName

if($?)
{
  "command succeeded"
}
else
{
 "command failed"
}

Start-Sleep -s 5

exit

when I am using the "&" operator, it runs some windows .exe tool but on the screen I don't see any message, I want to see a message like "Running tool" on a powershell ISE so that the user knows that the script is still working.

briantist · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-01 18:51:14Z

1

If you want to see output on the screen, don't use Write-Output.

Use Write-Host to write text that will always be seen. Use Write-Verbose to write text that will only be seen in verbose mode.

answered Jun 1, 2016 at 18:51

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gravity Over a year ago

Even after personally editing the code blocks into the original question, I totally missed that the asker was utilizing Write-Output

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