From bb18c3436d8af273ed1eb9f5747e4145086fa1a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Yoder <dyoder@emberkom.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2023 13:39:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] added note for Write-Output func

---
 Tools.ps1 | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Tools.ps1 b/Tools.ps1
index cc8a130..6df9f3d 100644
--- a/Tools.ps1
+++ b/Tools.ps1
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ Function Setup-LogFile {
 }
 
 # Log a message to the log file
+# IMPORTANT: In Powershell 'echo' is an alias for Write-Output, which is overriden when this Tools.ps1 file is called before your script.
+#            To prevent unwanted behavior, if you need to echo something do the following instead:
+#              Start-Process "cmd.exe" -ArgumentList '/C echo y | some-command'
 Function Write-Output {
     param([Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)][string]$Message)
     $Timestamp = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"