VS Code - Output Window - Log Option

Question

Is there anyway to log the lines sent to the Output tab?

I am having a problem with VS Code developing Salesforce

When I right click on the package.xml file in the manifest folder and request to retrieve source code,

I get the first Starting message:

18:59:20.788 Starting SFDX: Retrieve Source from Org

but then never see the ended message

19:01:08.612 ended SFDX: Retrieve Source from Org

Worse yet, the VS Code Output will clear automatically and I am left without any trace that I even ran the command. Argghhhh!!!!

I have found that when I commented out types for StaticResources the retrieve worked as normal.

It was very frustrating until I figured this out, as the system was automatically clearing the Output results.