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MS-DOS
Commands
93
n
Type
Type
Purpose:
Displays
the
contents
of
a
text
file
on
the
screen.
Syntax:
type
[drive:]filename
Comments:
To
view
a
text
file
without
modifying
it,
you
can
use
the
type
command.
(Use
dir
to
find
the
name
of
a
file,
and
edlin
to
change
the
contents
of
a
file.)
Note
that
when
you
use
type
to
display
a
file
that
contains
tabs,
all
the
tabs
are
expanded
to
8
spaces
wide.
Also,
if
you
try
to
display
a
binary
file,
you
may
see
strange
characters
on
the
screen,
including
bells,
formfeeds,
and
escape
sequences.
Example:
I
If
you
want
to
display
the
contents
of
a
file
called
holiday.mar,
Displaying
a
file
you
would
type
the following
command:
type
holiday.mar
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n
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