Name

type

Synopsis

The type command is used to quickly view the contents of any text file (especially short files). type is also useful for concatenating text files, using the >> operator.

Examples

type c:\boot.ini
type c:\stuff\readme.txt | more
type a.txt b.txt >> c.txt

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