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Out-Default

Module:
Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Module

Sends the output to the default formatter and to the default output cmdlet.

Syntax

Default (Default) 

Out-Default
    [-Transcript]
    [-InputObject <PSObject>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Description

PowerShell automatically adds Out-Default to the end of every top-level interactive pipeline. Out-Default passes the objects it receives to the PowerShell format system. Then, it writes the formatted output to the console. This cmdlet isn't intended to be used by the end user.

Examples

Example 1

While this cmdlet is not intended to be run directly by the end user, it can be.

Get-Process | Select-Object -First 5 | Out-Default

 NPM(K)    PM(M)      WS(M)     CPU(s)      Id  SI ProcessName
 ------    -----      -----     ------      --  -- -----------
     12     2.56       5.20       0.00    7376   0 aesm_service
     48    34.32      18.10      26.64    9320  13 AlertusDesktopAlert
     24    13.97      12.74       0.77   12656  13 ApplicationFrameHost
      8     1.79       4.41       0.00    8180   0 AppVShNotify
      9     1.99       5.07       0.19   19320  13 AppVShNotify

No error is thrown when using Out-Default but the output isn't changed if it's not explicitly called.

Parameters

-InputObject

Accepts input to the cmdlet.

Parameter properties

Type:PSObject
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:True
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

-Transcript

When you use this parameter, the output is only sent to the PowerShell transcript.

Parameter properties

Type:SwitchParameter
Default value:None
Supports wildcards:False
DontShow:False

Parameter sets

(All)
Position:Named
Mandatory:False
Value from pipeline:False
Value from pipeline by property name:False
Value from remaining arguments:False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.