How can I display a 'naked' error message in PowerShell without an accompanying stacktrace?

Question

How can I write to standard error from PowerShell, or trap errors such that:

• An error message is displayed as an error (truly writing to standard error so that Tea

Answer 1

I needed to solve this problem myself recently so I put together a Write-ErrorMessage function as detailed here: https://intellitect.com/powershell-write-error-without-writing-stack-trace/

Specifically, I leveraged the combination

Write-Error -Message $err -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$Host.UI.WriteErrorLine($errorMessage)