In this PowerShell tutorial you will learn how to read the contents of a file using the cmdlet  Get-Content.  

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Code

Get-Content .\README.md

Get-Content -Path .\README.md -TotalCount 5

(Get-Content -Path .\README.md)[-1]

Get-Content -Path .\README.md -Tail 1

Prerequisites

• What is a cmdlet?

Links

• MS Article: Get-Content

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PowerShell, PowerShell Terminal, Terminal, POSH, PS, cmdlet, get-content, get, content