TYPE (DOS command)

In computing, type is a command in various command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.exe, 4DOS/4NT and Windows PowerShell used to display the contents of specified files on the computer terminal. The analogous Unix command is cat.

Implementations

Description of the TYPE command of RT-11SJ displayed on a VT100.

The command is available in the operating systems RT-11,[1] OS/8,[2] TOPS-10,[3] TOPS-20,[4] VMS, CP/M,[5] MP/M,[6][7] TRIPOS,[8] AmigaDOS,[9] DOS, FlexOS,[10] SpartaDOS X,[11] 4690 OS,[12] OS/2, Microsoft Windows,[13] ReactOS, AROS,[14] and SymbOS.[15]

It is also available in the open source MS-DOS emulator DOSBox and the EFI shell.[16]

In Windows PowerShell, type is a predefined command alias for the Get-Content Cmdlet which basically serves the same purpose. TYPE originated as an internal command in 86-DOS.

Usage

Microsoft Windows

The command-syntax is: 

type [Drive:][Path]FileName
[Drive:][Path]FileName 
This parameter specifies the location and name of the file or files to view. Multiple file names need to be separated with spaces.
/? 
This parameter displays help for the command.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://paleoferrosaurus.com/beta/documents/rt11help.html#TYPE
  2. ^ "Concise Command Language" (CCL)."OS/8 Handbook" (PDF). April 1974. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ^ TOPS-10 Operating System Commands Manual (pdf). Digital Equipment Corporation. August 1980. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
  4. ^ "TOPS-20 Command manual" (PDF).
  5. ^ http://www.cpm.z80.de/manuals/cpm22-m.pdf
  6. ^ Digital Research (July 1981) [1979]. MP/M - Multi-Programming Monitor Control Program - User's Guide (PDF) (4 ed.). Pacific Grove, CA, USA: Digital Research. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  7. ^ Digital Research (1981-09-25). MP/M-86 Operating System - User's Guide (PDF) (1 ed.). Pacific Grove, CA, USA: Digital Research. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  8. ^ https://www.pagetable.com/docs/amigados_tripos/tripos_manuals.pdf
  9. ^ https://archive.org/details/1988-rugheimer-spanik-amigados-quick-reference
  10. ^ http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/digitalResearch/flexos/1073-2003_FlexOS_Users_Guide_V1.3_Nov86.pdf
  11. ^ SpartaDOS X 4.48 User Guide
  12. ^ https://archive.org/details/4690OSV6r2UsersGuide/page/n169
  13. ^ Microsoft TechNet Type article
  14. ^ http://aros.sourceforge.net/documentation/users/shell/index.php
  15. ^ http://www.symbos.de/appinfo.htm?00025
  16. ^ "EFI Shells and Scripting". Intel. Retrieved 2013-09-25.