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I have a PowerShell script that calls a CmdLet which in turn reports its progress using Write-Progress, and I would like to hide the progress bar.
In is it possible to suppress or redirect the output of the Write-Progress CmdLet?
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To silence direct console output and discard all output, you can temporarily disable the internal PowerShell command Out-Default . This command is used privately to write directly to the console. Read more about Out-Default if you like.
The Write-Progress cmdlet displays a progress bar in a PowerShell command window that depicts the status of a running command or script. You can select the indicators that the bar reflects and the text that appears above and below the progress bar.
You can use the Write-Progress cmdlet to add a progress bar to any PowerShell script. Microsoft has provided a super simple script to show how this cmdlet works. The first line of the script sets up a loop. The loop starts with the $i variable set to 1 and each loop cycle increases the value of $i by 1 ($i++).
Starting in Windows PowerShell 5.0, Write-Host is a wrapper for Write-Information This allows you to use Write-Host to emit output to the information stream. This enables the capture or suppression of data written using Write-Host while preserving backwards compatibility.
Try setting this preference variable before calling the cmdlet that utilizes Write-Progress:
$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
You may want to revert back to 'Continue' afterwards.
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