Description
Summary of the new feature / enhancement
Hello.
I am trying to start a process in a new window with Start-Process and i'm -waiting for its execution.
Then i need to process its output. I would like to do it all in memory, without writing to disk, as the output is confidential. Unfortunately at the moment this doesn't seem to be possible (correct me if i'm wrong) without resorting to .NET implementations like this...
Currently, this is the best you can do:
$output = & {start-process powershell "read-host 'Enter string: '" -Wait -RedirectStandardOutput output.txt ; get-content output.txt}In this example,
powershell "read-host 'Enter string: '"is my command with confidential output.-Waitwaits for my command to exit-RedirectStandardOutputpermits the redirection to a fileget-contentsimply reads back that file.
Proposed technical implementation details (optional)
A possible solution would be a parameter like -RedirectStandardOutputToStream / -RedirectStandardErrorToStream
$output = & {start-process powershell "read-host 'Enter string: '" -wait -RedirectStandardOutputToStream 1}Where 1 is the ID of the success stream.
Or, more simply:
$output = & {start-process powershell "read-host 'Enter string: '" -wait -GetStandardOutput}... with the corresponding -GetStandardError