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how to open files using cmd

Talelbaz
By Talelbaz
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2 minutes ago, Talelbaz said:

how do i open files using the command prompt ? 

cd to the right drive. i.e. if your file is on your D drive, first just do: 

D:

And then just paste the file location + name (optionally with quotes (") around it, if the filename has a space in it) and it should open the file using the default program for the file type.

 

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Open how? If you just want to read the contents of a file you can use `more`. 

more < somefile.txt

If it’s a binary you want to run, use `start`. 

start myapp.exe

If neither of those are what you’re after, you’ll have expand on what you want to do.

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