TYPE

Displays the contents of a text file.

Note: TYPE command is only suitable for plain text files. If you 
want to modify a text file, you can use EDIT command. 
Sometimes, you can use the TYPE command to read a hidden file. 
Also, if the hidden file is a text file, you can copy it in this 
way: TYPE source_filename > target_filename .

For more information, please refer to MS-DOS Help or Windows NT 
command line command help.