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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Direct redirection of a custom object ([pscustomobject] instance) to a file with \"\u003e\" produces no output.","articleBody":"Even though `\u003e` is not an _actual_ alias of `Out-File`, it usually is an _effective_ alias; the two generally behave the same.\r\n\r\nHowever, when outputting a `[pscustomobject]` instance, `\u003e` apparently produces an empty file (the file contains only the UTF16-LE BOM and a newline):\r\n\r\nSteps to reproduce\r\n------------------\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n# Use Out-File explicitly.\r\n[pscustomobject] @{ one = 1 } | Out-File tmp.txt; Get-Content tmp.txt\r\n\r\n'---'\r\n\r\n# Use \u003e instead of Out-File, which should produce the same result.\r\n[pscustomobject] @{ one = 1 } \u003e tmp.txt; Get-Content tmp.txt\r\n```\r\n\r\nExpected behavior\r\n-----------------\r\n\r\n```none\r\n\r\none\r\n---\r\n  1\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\none\r\n---\r\n  1\r\n```\r\n\r\nActual behavior\r\n---------------\r\n\r\n```none\r\n\r\none\r\n---\r\n  1\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\nI.e., using `\u003e`  instead of `Out-File` resulted in an empty file (just the UTF16-LE BOM and a newline).\r\n\r\nEnvironment data\r\n----------------\r\n\r\n\u003c!-- provide the output of $PSVersionTable --\u003e\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\nPowerShell Core v6.0.0-beta.6 on macOS 10.12.6\r\nPowerShell Core v6.0.0-beta.6 on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS\r\nPowerShell Core v6.0.0-beta.6 on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit; v10.0.15063)\r\nWindows PowerShell v5.1.15063.502 on Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit; v10.0.15063)\r\n```\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/mklement0","@type":"Person","name":"mklement0"},"datePublished":"2017-09-12T02:02:57.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/4812/PowerShell/issues/4812"}