Displays the contents of a file.

TYPE FileName1   [AUTO]   [WRAP]
   [TO PRINTER [PROMPT] | TO FILE FileName2]   [NUMBER]

Parameters

FileName1

Specifies the name of the file to display. The name must include a file extension.

AUTO

Turns automatic indentation on. When you also include WRAP, TYPE automatically indents wrapped text in each paragraph by the same amount it indents the first line of the paragraph. For example:

• Wrapped lines are aligned with the tab when a paragraph begins with a tab.

• Wrapped lines are aligned with the tab when a paragraph begins with a number (or other text) followed by a tab and text.

• Wrapped lines are indented by the same amount as the first line when the first line of a paragraph is indented with spaces.

WRAP

Enables word wrap so that a word that is too long to fit at the end of a line is automatically moved to the next line.

TO PRINTER [PROMPT]

Directs output to the printer.

You can include the optional PROMPT clause to display a print dialog before printing starts. Place the PROMPT keyword immediately after TO PRINTER.

TO FILE FileName2

Directs output to the file specified with FileName2.

NUMBER

Places line numbers at the beginning of each line in the output.

Remarks

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