Как посмотреть содержимое файла в cmd windows

asked Jun 20, 2013 at 15:16

We can use the ‘type’ command to see file contents in cmd.

Example —

type abc.txt

More information can be found HERE.

I don’t think there is a built-in function for that

xxxx.txt > con

This opens the files in the default text editor in windows…

type xxxx.txt

This displays the file in the current window. Maybe this has params you can use…

There is a similar question here: CMD.EXE batch script to display last 10 lines from a txt file
So there is a «more» command to display a file from the given line, or you can use the GNU Utilities for Win32 what bryanph suggested in his link.

LaurentBajLaurentBaj

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You can use the ‘more’ command to see the content of the file:

more filename.txt

Using a single PowerShell command to retrieve the file ending:

powershell -nologo "& "Get-Content -Wait c:\logFile.log -Tail 10"

It applies to PowerShell 3.0 and newer.

Another option is to create a file called TAIL.CMD with this code:

powershell -nologo "& "Get-Content -Wait %1 -Tail %2"

To do this, you can use Microsoft’s more advanced command-line shell called «Windows PowerShell.» It should come standard on the latest versions of Windows, but you can download it from Microsoft if you don’t already have it installed.

To get the last five lines in the text file simply read the file using Get-Content, then have Select-Object pick out the last five items/lines for you:

Get-Content c:\scripts\test.txt | Select-Object -last 5

Source: Using the Get-Content Cmdlet

answered May 18, 2016 at 18:50

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If you want it to display the content of the file live, and update when the file is altered, just use this script:

@echo off
:start
cls
type myfile.txt
goto start

That will repeat forever until you close the cmd window.

answered Jun 20, 2013 at 15:21

If you want to display for example all .config (or .ini) file name and file content into one doc for user reference (and by this I mean user not knowing shell command i.e. 95% of them), you can try this :

FORFILES /M *myFile.ini /C "cmd /c echo File name : @file >> %temp%\stdout.txt && type @path >> %temp%\stdout.txt && echo. >> %temp%\stdout.txt" | type %temp%\stdout.txt

Explanation :

• ForFiles : loop on a directory (and child, etc) each file meeting criteria
  • able to return the current file name being process (@file)
  • able to return the full path file being process (@path)
• Type : Output the file content

Ps : The last pipe command is pointing the %temp% file and output the aggregate content. If you wish to copy/paste in some documentation, just open the stdout.txt file in textpad.

You can use either more filename.[extension] or type filename.[extension]

tail -3 d:\text_file.txt

tail -1 d:\text_file.txt

I assume this was added to Windows cmd.exe at some point.

asked Jun 20, 2013 at 15:16

We can use the ‘type’ command to see file contents in cmd.

Example —

type abc.txt

More information can be found HERE.

I don’t think there is a built-in function for that

xxxx.txt > con

This opens the files in the default text editor in windows…

type xxxx.txt

This displays the file in the current window. Maybe this has params you can use…

There is a similar question here: CMD.EXE batch script to display last 10 lines from a txt file
So there is a «more» command to display a file from the given line, or you can use the GNU Utilities for Win32 what bryanph suggested in his link.

LaurentBajLaurentBaj

4615 silver badges10 bronze badges

You can use the ‘more’ command to see the content of the file:

more filename.txt

Using a single PowerShell command to retrieve the file ending:

powershell -nologo "& "Get-Content -Wait c:\logFile.log -Tail 10"

It applies to PowerShell 3.0 and newer.

Another option is to create a file called TAIL.CMD with this code:

powershell -nologo "& "Get-Content -Wait %1 -Tail %2"

To do this, you can use Microsoft’s more advanced command-line shell called «Windows PowerShell.» It should come standard on the latest versions of Windows, but you can download it from Microsoft if you don’t already have it installed.

To get the last five lines in the text file simply read the file using Get-Content, then have Select-Object pick out the last five items/lines for you:

Get-Content c:\scripts\test.txt | Select-Object -last 5

Source: Using the Get-Content Cmdlet

answered May 18, 2016 at 18:50

Anic17Anic17

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If you want it to display the content of the file live, and update when the file is altered, just use this script:

@echo off
:start
cls
type myfile.txt
goto start

That will repeat forever until you close the cmd window.

answered Jun 20, 2013 at 15:21

If you want to display for example all .config (or .ini) file name and file content into one doc for user reference (and by this I mean user not knowing shell command i.e. 95% of them), you can try this :

FORFILES /M *myFile.ini /C "cmd /c echo File name : @file >> %temp%\stdout.txt && type @path >> %temp%\stdout.txt && echo. >> %temp%\stdout.txt" | type %temp%\stdout.txt

Explanation :

• ForFiles : loop on a directory (and child, etc) each file meeting criteria
  • able to return the current file name being process (@file)
  • able to return the full path file being process (@path)
• Type : Output the file content

Ps : The last pipe command is pointing the %temp% file and output the aggregate content. If you wish to copy/paste in some documentation, just open the stdout.txt file in textpad.

You can use either more filename.[extension] or type filename.[extension]

tail -3 d:\text_file.txt

tail -1 d:\text_file.txt

I assume this was added to Windows cmd.exe at some point.