Avoiding newline in write-output

Question

I want to collect all output from my script in a log file and must use write-output instaed of write-host.

Write-Output \"Server:\" $a looks like

Answer 1

9 hours ... I start an answer.

In Powershell everything you manipulate is an object.

so "Server:" is an object, $a is an object

PS> "server :".gettype()

IsPublic IsSerial Name                                     BaseType
-------- -------- ----                                     --------
True     True     String                                   System.Object

Write-output is a CmdLet that put object in a kind of list (a pipe) to be used by other CmdLets or scripts. So there is not a really a newline between "Server:" and "foo". It's the way the console show you a list (an array) of objects. As you can see here under :

PS> $a = "foo"
PS> (Write-Output "Server :" $a).gettype()

IsPublic IsSerial Name                                     BaseType
-------- -------- ----                                     --------
True     True     Object[]                                 System.Array

Clearly it's an abstract here, but I hope it can make you understand.