How to pipe all output of .exe execution in Powershell?

Question

In Powershell I am running psftp.exe which is PuTTy\'s homepage. I am doing this:

$cmd = \"psftp.exe\"
$args = \'\"username@ssh\"@ftp.domain.com         


        

Answer 1

The problem is some output is being sent to STDERR and redirection works differently in PowerShell than in CMD.EXE.

How to redirect output of console program to a file in PowerShell has a good description of the problem and a clever workaround.

Basically, call CMD with your executable as a parameter. Like this:

UPDATE

I fixed my code so it would actually work. :)

$args = '"username@ssh"@ftp.domain.com -b psftp.txt';
$output = cmd /c psftp.exe $args 2`>`&1

Answer 2

Give this a try

$output = [string] (& psftp.exe 'username@ssh@ftp.domain.com' -b psftp.txt 2>&1)

There is a PowerShell bug about 2>&1 making error records. The [string] cast works around it.