This article is about the DOS command. For the Unix command, see
type (Unix).
In computing, type is a command in various VMS. AmigaDOS, CP/M, DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows command line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS/4NT and Windows PowerShell. It is used to display the contents of specified files. It is analogous to the Unix cat command.
In Windows PowerShell, type is a predefined command alias for the Get-Content Cmdlet which basically serves the same purpose.
Type command in Unix [edit]
The corresponding command in Unix operating systems is cat.
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