PS -nonewline not work on my console

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Hello from PS very beginner.

https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/write-host?view=powershell-7

when I try cmdlet "write-host -nonewline" on my PS console as tutorial(windows10 Home, PS 5.1)

PS C:\Windows\system32> write-host "no newline test " -NoNewline
no newline test
PS C:\Windows\system32>

PS C:\Windows\system32> Write-Host "second string"
second string
PS C:\Windows\system32>

I think it should work as this;
PS C:\Windows\system32> write-host "no newline test " -NoNewline

> > >Write-Host "second string"

no newline test second string

PS C:\Windows\system32>

But the second example(-separator) is just working fine.

what's wrong with this?

Help highly appreciated.

Accepted Answer

Hi,
Don't run the two commands separately in the terminal. The example should run as a powershell script. Please create a script in Windows Powershell ISE and press F5 to run it.

The Windows Powershell ISE
https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/windows-powershell/ise/introducing-the-windows-powershell-ise?view=powershell-7

Best Regards,
Ian

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The intervening prompt between the two Write-Hosts is the problem. Put both of them on the same line and it works, I think, in the way you expect.

PS C:\> write-host "no newline test " -NoNewline; Write-Host "second string"
no newline test second string
PS C:\>

Running them on separate lines in a script (where there's no intervening prompt) works too, as IanXue-MSFT states.

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