Microsoft DOS type command

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About type

Allows the user to see the contents of a file.

To edit the files, the user would need to use either edit or copy con.

Availability

The type command is an internal command that is available in the below Microsoft Operating Systems.

Index

Category:
MS-DOS

Companies:
Microsoft

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Syntax

Displays the contents of text files.

TYPE [drive:][path]filename

Examples

type c:\autoexec.bat

This would allow you to look at the autoexec.bat