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130 MS-DOS User's Guide
Displaying a file
Example
Suppose you want to check your employees' salary figures. So you
decide to look at a file named salary. doc that is on the disk in the
default drive. To display the salary. doc file you would just follow
these steps:
[!] Make sure that the disk with the salary. doc file is in the
default drive (A).
ill At the MS· DOS prompt, type the following command:
type salary.doc
[1] Press the RETURN key.
MS· DOS then displays the salary. doc file on the screen.
Helpful Hints If the file is too long to fit on the screen,
remember that you can press CONTROI.·S to prevent it from scroll-
ing off
the screen. When you press CONTROI.·S again, the file will
resume scrolling.
MS· DOS displays only text files on the screen. So if you try to
display a program file (one with an extension of. com or . exe ),
you will see only strange symbols on the screen.
If you have an application program that creates files, you may
need to run the application to view them.
If you have a printer attached to your computer, you can print
files with the MS· DOS print command. Assume, for example, that
you have a file named invest. mnt and want to print it on your
printer. You could use the following command:
print invest.mnt
Print a file (MS-DOS I .. . named "invest.mnt."
assumes this file is
on the disk in the
default drive.) ...
Example
'rinting a file Say you have a file that contains a list of investors and their phone
numbers, and suppose you want to print this file and keep it near
your phone. The file is named invest. mntand is on the disk in
drive B. Drive A is the default drive (A> is the prompt). To print
the investmnt file, you would just follow these steps: