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Wikipedia: Type (command)

In computing, type is a command in various VMS, 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

The corresponding command in Unix operating systems is cat.

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