How can I print a textfile on the command prompt in Windows?

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How can I print the content of a textfile on the command prompt in Windows?

In Linux I can do this with less textfile.txt, more textfile.txt or cat textfile.txt

What is the command for this in Windows?

Hello71 · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-28 00:51:24Z

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type textfile.txt If you want it page-by-page, more textfile.txt.

answered Jul 12, 2010 at 16:59

Hello71

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Or just more textfile.txt ... avoids a useless use of type
– Joey
Jul 13, 2010 at 1:06
@Joey: Point taken.
– Hello71
Jul 20, 2011 at 19:43
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That was one hell of a lag ;)
– Joey
Jul 20, 2011 at 21:15
@Joey: Just a year or so. About 31,536,000,000 ms latency.
– Hello71
Jul 20, 2011 at 21:32
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@Joey, Why do you say that type is useless? It's very useful for piping isn't it?
– Pacerier
Mar 20, 2015 at 7:33

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vaggos2002 · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-04 12:48:16Z

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For printing the content of multiple files (e.g. textfile_1.txt, textfile_2.txt) the following, does also works :

    type textfile*

answered Mar 4, 2016 at 12:48

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