Echo results in powershell script

You can use Try Catch..
For example...

Try{
<your script>
Write-host "Moved the computer $comp"
}
Catch{
Write-host "error moving computer $comp"
}

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If you can post the script which you are using then we can give more details on error checking..

You need to post the script so we can see if it already generates output of some type to the screen.

Got stuck working on a problem with a driver controller battery failure.  I should be back on this script tonight or tomorrow morning.  Updates to follow.  Thanks Experts!

Here is the code for the PS script.

GC C:\log-or-text.file | Get-ADUser | Move-ADObject -TargetPath 'OU=Inactive,OU=x,DC=x,DC=x,DC=x,DC=x'

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Thanks Experts for your suggestions.  I am the level right below novice when it comes to Powershell scripting/coding so please provide an example using the script I provided in my previous post.

You can try this..

Foreach ($User in GC C:\log-or-text.file) {
Try 
 {
  Get-ADUser $User | Move-ADObject -TargetPath 'OU=Inactive,OU=x,DC=x,DC=x,DC=x,DC=x' -ErrorAction Stop
  Write-Host "Moved user $User"
 }
 Catch
 {
  Write-Host "Moved user $User - Error - $($_.Exception.Message)"
 }
}

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Ok.  This is getting a little frustrating.  I just changed the executionpolicy setting so now the PSmove.ps1 script should run but I get this error:

The term 'Get-ADUser' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the
spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At C:\tools\PSmove.ps1:1 char:40
+ GC C:\tools\staleADpc1.log | Get-ADUser <<<<  | Move-ADObject -TargetPath 'OU=Inactive,OU=x,DC=x,DC=x,DC=x,
DC=x'-PassThru | Set-Content c:\tools\output.log
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Get-ADUser:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

GC C:\tools\staleADpc1.log | Get-ADUser | Move-ADObject -TargetPath 'OU=Inactive,OU=x,DC=x,DC=x,DC=ky,DC=x'-PassThru | Set-Content c:\tools\output.log

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So what am I doing wrong here?

Add following line as a first line of script..

Import-Module ActiveDirectory

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Like this?

GC C:\tools\staleADpc1.log |Import-Module ActiveDirectory | Get-ADUser | Move-ADObject -TargetPath 'OU=Inactive,OU=x,DC=x,DC=x,DC=ky,x=gov'-PassThru | Set-Content c:\tools\output.log

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Ahhh...  I see.  Testing now.

Subsun, where is the output log file for that script?

Dang!  That headache earlier really messed me up.  I'm trying to move computer objects, not user.  My apologies everyone for that oversight but as I listed in the OP, it needs to be related to computer accounts.  I know it's a matter of changing a couple of values, but I'm not sure what they are.  

Thanks everyone.

I think I got it.

Import-Module ActiveDirectory
Foreach ($Computer in GC C:\tools\staleADPC1.log) {
Try 
 {
  Get-ADcomputer $Computer | Move-ADObject -TargetPath 'OU=Inactive,OU=x,DC=x,DC=x,DC=x,DC=x' -ErrorAction Stop
  Echo "Moved computer $Computer"
 }
 Catch
 {
  Echo "Moved computer $Computer - Error - $($_.Exception.Message)"
 }
}

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Thanks for the help.  We got a little side-tracked with user and computer variables being mixed up but I am very excited that I have a script to begin moving these stale accounts.  I appreciate your help and time.