Jun 20, 2013 · I want to display the content of a text file in a CMD window. In addition, I want to see the new lines that added to file, like tail -f command in Unix.

I see how to launch many other programs from a batch file, but I can't find a command like open on Mac OS X. Does such a tool exist on Windows? Powershell, or a Windows API call from an executable

This isn't a feature of the command prompt, it's a feature of the executable, i.e. photoshop.exe has to be programmed to accept a file to open as a command line argument.

50 You can use start to open the file with the associated application. Resources : Open a File in the Default Application using the Windows Command Line (without JDIC) (waybackmachine capture …

Sep 14, 2008 · The reason this answer has received so many upvotes is that it works for a shortcut. I keep a collection of shortcuts on my taskbar that each open a command prompt window in various …

Oct 23, 2014 · Your answer is presented as if you expect to be able to type sh on an arbitrary Windows command prompt and have it work.

Jun 17, 2014 · Is there a command similar to tail command in linux to view log files in windows. Linux Command: $ tail -f /var/log/syslog -f /var/log/myLog.log.

12 Don't put quotes around the name of the file that you are trying to open; start "myfile.txt" opens a new command prompt with the title myfile.txt, while start myfile.txt opens myfile.txt in Notepad.

Oct 2, 2015 · There is a need to quickly open the current directory from the command prompt. I know that there is a command explorer. But to enter the full path to the directory is very inconvenient. For …

Today I was in the Windows Command Prompt after doing a git clone https://...MySolution.git and wanted to open the .sln (i.e., solution file) from the new directory of the cloned repo.