Get-Content

Syntax

UPPERCASE words are placeholders to replace. Brackets in the syntax line describe optional arguments; do not type those brackets literally.

Get-Content -LiteralPath FILE

Example

Get-Content -LiteralPath ./note.txt

Expected result

Lines from an existing note.txt file.

Notes and traps

By default it emits lines; -Raw reads one string. Encoding defaults differ between Windows PowerShell 5.1 and modern PowerShell.

Related commands

• Bash: cat
• CMD: type

Related tasks may need different flags and have different semantics. Check the entry before translating a command between shells.

Updated 13 September 2026. Examples describe the expected behavior; not every platform is available for execution testing.