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Get-Content — Get the content of the item at the specified location. Note: This command can only be used through P

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Problem

How to use the Get-Content command: Get the content of the item at the specified location. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-content>.

Solution

Get-Content — Get the content of the item at the specified location. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-content>.

Display the content of a file:

Get-Content -Path {{path\to\file}}

Display the first few lines of a file:

Get-Content -Path {{path\to\file}} -TotalCount {{10}}

Display the content of the file and keep reading from it until <Ctrl c> is pressed:

Get-Content -Path {{path\to\file}} -Wait

Code Snippets

Display the content of a file

Get-Content -Path {{path\to\file}}

Display the first few lines of a file

Get-Content -Path {{path\to\file}} -TotalCount {{10}}

Display the content of the file and keep reading from it until `<Ctrl c>` is pressed

Get-Content -Path {{path\to\file}} -Wait

Context

tldr-pages: windows/Get-Content

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