The description below is from the book DOS the Easy Way by Everett Murdock Ph.D.
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Type: Internal (1.0 and later)
Syntax:
TYPE [d:][path]filename
Purpose: Displays the contents of a file.
Discussion
When you use the TYPE command, the file is displayed with limited
on-screen
formatting. Tabs are expanded and generally displayed as eight spaces
wide. If
you display files that contain special (non-text) characters, these
characters
may have unpredictable effects on your display.
Wild card characters (? and *) cannot be used with this command in either
the
filename or the extension.
For more information on using the TYPE command, refer to Chapter 2, Using
Common
DOS Commands.
Example
To display the contents of the file LETTER3.TXT on drive B, enter
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