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When I run command Start-Job {dir} in PowerShell I get output

Id Name State HasMoreData Location Command -- ---- ----- ----------- -------- ------- 43 Job43 Running True localhost dir

How can I make this job write its output to console?

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That's handled through the receive-job cmdlet.

$job = Start-Job { dir } Receive-Job $job

You only get data if HasMoreData is true on your get-job output. This will return as an array, with one line of text per array-element.

help about_jobs will give you quite a bit of detail about how to interact with jobs in general.

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  • So I try: $job = Start-Job { dir } Receive-Job $job $job.hasMoreData is true, but output is empty. Commented Jun 19, 2012 at 14:36
  • @DmitryFedorkov You seem to be missing -job $job in your code-fragment, that's needed. The command help receive-job -examples will give you very useful information. Commented Jun 19, 2012 at 14:42
  • It does not matter, because argument -Job has position 1. My problem turned out in PowerGUI that for some reason does not work correctly. Anyway, thanks for help. Commented Jun 20, 2012 at 8:11

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