PowerShell "echo on"

Set-PSDebug -Trace 1

• 0: Turn script tracing off.
• 1: Trace script lines as they run.
• 2: Trace script lines, variableassignments, function calls, and scripts.

For more info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/set-psdebug?view=powershell-6

Start-Transcript doesn't catch any exe output. That's a show stopper for me. I hate to say it but the best way I've found to do this is:

cmd /c powershell.exe -file c:\users\hillr\foo.ps1 > foo.log

This captures everything AFAICT.

C:\workspaces\silverlight> start-transcript -?NAME    Start-Transcript    SYNOPSIS    Creates a record of all or part of a Windows PowerShell session in a text file.        SYNTAX    Start-Transcript [[-Path] <string>] [-Append] [-Force] [-NoClobber] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]        DESCRIPTION    The Start-Transcript cmdlet creates a record of all or part of a Windows PowerShell session in a text file. The transcript includes all command that the user     types and all output that appears on the console.    RELATED LINKS    Online version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113408    Stop-Transcript REMARKS    To see the examples, type: "get-help Start-Transcript -examples".    For more information, type: "get-help Start-Transcript -detailed".    For technical information, type: "get-help Start-Transcript -full".

Note #1: it only records things written to the main console output stream, not Warning / Error / Debug.

Note #2: if you need to record native console applications, you'll need a slight workaround