Chapter 19. Input and output
To this point in the book, we’ve primarily been relying on PowerShell’s native ability to output tables and lists. As you start to combine commands into more complex scripts, you’ll probably want to gain more precise control over what’s displayed. You may also need to prompt a user for input. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to collect that input, and how to display whatever output you might desire.
19.1. Prompting for, and displaying, information
How PowerShell displays and prompts for information depends on how it’s being run. You see, PowerShell is built as a kind of under-the-hood engine.
What you interact with is called a host application. The command-line console you see when running PowerShell.exe is often ...
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