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Out-PSUVariable

SYNOPSIS

Writes the input to a variable.

SYNTAX

Out-PSUVariable [-Name] <String> [-InputObject <Object>] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Writes the input to a variable. This allows doing variable assignments at the end of a pipeline, rather than just at the beginning.

Previous contents will be overwritten.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Get-ChildItem | Out-PSUVariable -Name 'files'

Writes the files & folders in the current path into the variable $files

EXAMPLE 2

dir | ov files

Does the same thing as the first example, only this time in a convenient interactive commandline usage

PARAMETERS

-Name

The name of the variable to write to.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-InputObject

The objects to write.

Type: Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

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

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

NOTES