Output the contents of a file to the powershell host window

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This seems like something that should be painfully obvious, but for whatever reason I can't figure it out. From within powershell, I'd like to be able to print the contents of a text file to the host window (or pipe it into another command). I'm looking for something like this:

PS C:\> {some command} README.TXT
These are the contents of the Readme.txt file!

manojlds · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-30 13:05:47Z

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You are looking for:

get-content README.TXT

In short:

gc README.TXT

If you are used to cat, you can use that too, it is just an alias for the above in Powershell.

answered Aug 30, 2011 at 13:05

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OldFart Over a year ago

Or "type". Get-Content, the command so nice they named it twice twice.

JPBlanc · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-30 13:31:14Z

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It exists also :

${full path file}

Ex :

${c:\silogix\t.txt}

answered Aug 30, 2011 at 13:31

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Maxter Over a year ago

Note: Only works with fullpath

CB. · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-30 13:05:35Z

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try it:

get-content .\README.TXT

answered Aug 30, 2011 at 13:05

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