page_title: TYPE (DOS command)
section_title: Implementations
hierarchical_section_title: TYPE (DOS command) / Implementations
caption_attribution_description: English: The end of the HELP command output from RT-11SJ running on a PDP-11/34 displayed on a VT100.
context_page_description: In computing, type is a command in various command-line interpreters 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.
context_section_description: The command is available in the operating systems DEC RT-11, OS/8, TOPS-10, TOPS-20, VMS, Digital Research CP/M, MP/M, MetaComCo TRIPOS, Heath Company HDOS, AmigaDOS, DOS, FlexOS, TSL PC-MOS, SpartaDOS X, IBM/Toshiba 4690 OS, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows, ReactOS, AROS, and SymbOS. 
  The type command is supported by Tim Paterson's SCP 86-DOS. On MS-DOS, the command is available in  versions 1 and later. DR DOS 6.0 also includes an implementation of the TYPE command.
  It is also available in the open source MS-DOS emulator DOSBox and the EFI shell.
  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.
  The command-syntax and feature set between operating systems and command shell implementations can differ as can be seen in the following examples.
caption: Description of the TYPE command of RT-11SJ displayed on a VT100.
exif: {"GPS GPSImgDirection": "50", "GPS GPSImgDirectionRef": "M", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "N", "GPS GPSLatitude": "[40, 43, 154573/5000]", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "W", "GPS GPSLongitude": "[73, 59, 138533/2500]", "GPS GPSAltitudeRef": "0", "GPS GPSAltitude": "0", "GPS GPSTimeStamp": "[0, 1, 2]", "GPS GPSProcessingMethod": "ASCII", "GPS GPSDate": "2014:05:16", "Image GPSInfo": "462", "Image Model": "Nexus 5", "Image ExifOffset": "134", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image Make": "LGE", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "807", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "13700", "EXIF ApertureValue": "63/25", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "432", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2014:05:15 20:01:12", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "4907/1000", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2014:05:15 20:01:12", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2448", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "3264", "EXIF FocalLength": "397/100", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/30", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "299", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF FNumber": "12/5"}