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Reputation: 385

Windows equivalent for "cat -"

Can someone please shed some light on an equivalent method of executing something like "cat file1 -" in Linux ? What I want to do is to give control to the keyboard stream (which is "-" in linux) once the content of file1 is displayed.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 24338

Answers (2)

Neptune
Neptune

Reputation: 166

You can't achieve that in Windows using a single command, however you can use 2 commands on a single line:

type file.txt && type CON

This will print the contents of "file.txt" and if that command was successful it will give control to the keyboard stream (using a special keyword called CON).

Tip: To stop, hit Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Z and Enter.

Remember to replace "file.txt" with your file!

Sources:

Upvotes: 2

Roberto Messa
Roberto Messa

Reputation: 71

type command


c:\type myfile.txt

reference https://superuser.com/questions/434870/what-is-the-windows-equivalent-of-the-unix-command-cat

Upvotes: 0

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