This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Out-Null', in PowerShell version 2 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate ' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
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Deletes output instead of sending it to the console.
Out-Null [-InputObject <psobject>] [<CommonParameters>]
The Out-Null cmdlet sends output to NULL, in effect, deleting it.
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Out-Printer
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C:\PS>get-childitem | out-null
Description
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This command gets the items in the local directory, but then it discards them instead of passing them through the pipeline or displaying them at
the command line. This is useful for discarding output that you do not need.