PowerShell Verbose-Parameter - powershell

Question

I have a few questions about the verbose-parameter.
Example script:
try {
New-Item -Path "C:\Test.txt" -ItemType "File" -ErrorAction Stop -Verbose
}
catch {
Write-Host $Error[0]
}
Output:
VERBOSE: Execute the "Create file" operation for the target "Target: C:\Test.txt".
Access to the path "C: \ Test.txt" was denied.
How do I save the verbose message in a variable?
Is it possible to edit the verbose message automatically generated by PowerShell before saving it in a log file (add date and time)?
Example script (not working):
try {
New-Item -Path "C:\Test.txt" -ItemType "File" -ErrorAction Stop -Verbose *> $LogFile
}
catch {
Write-Host $Error[0]
}
Are there better suggestions to write a "success" log file than with the parameter verbose and without having to write it manually?
Thank you!

Answer 1

You can assign the verbose output to a variable if you merge the Verbose stream into standard output stream (4>&1):
$output = New-Item "C:\Test.txt" -ItemType "File" -ErrorAction Stop -Verbose 4>&1
Since New-Item also returns the newly created file, you'll want to split the output into verbose vs normal again:
$verboseOutput,$normalOutput = $output.Where({$_ -is [System.Management.Automation.VerboseRecord]}, 'Split')
And now you can prepend timestamps to the records in $verboseOutput before writing them to disk