Send object to multiple targets in PowerShellSend object to multiple targets in PowerShell
Learn how to send output from PowerShell to multiple targets such as pipeline, variable and files.
John Savill
July 21, 2015
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Q. How can I send objects to a variable/file but still have them continue up the pipeline in PowerShell?
A. Normally objects output from a command can go one direction, for example output could be sent to the screen/file/variable but would not be able to also continue down the pipeline. For example the below would save the list of processes to the variable $procs and would continue sending it down the pipeline which as there is no further command would output to screen.
get-process | tee-object -Variable procs
Below is an example showing the objects continuing down the pipeline however you would still be able to use $procs to access the objects.
get-process | tee-object -Variable procs | Select-Object processname, id
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