Open a text file with cmd ms dos

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Galerien77 -
Arno11256 Posted messages 1 Status Member - 4 Oct 2020 at 18:38

Hello,
I can’t launch a text file with MS DOS.
For an exe: I type in MS DOS: C:\a.exe and it runs.
But it doesn’t work for a text file.
I tried C:\> C:\a.txt and all the variations, it doesn’t work either.
Thank you for your help

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Micha2b
In the cmd console, simply type
```
start notepad nomdufichier.txt
```
or just
```
notepad nomdufichier.txt
```
it will open Notepad for you.
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1. Morpion
  
  Bieux subject but it ranks well on Google so I'm responding, Micha2b was right, the complete version is:
  
  start notepad file_name.txt
  
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2. RipR
  
  thank you very much
  
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3. Arno11256 Posted messages 1 Status Member
  
  Thank you very much :)
  
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Answer 2 / 7
kya26
Better late than never, so under DOS it's:
```
TYPE filename.txt
```
(to display)
51
1. mus
  
  Hello,
  this command is to display the content of the file, not to modify it
  Thank you.
  
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Answer 3 / 7
tipu

The command, if I remember correctly, is edit <file name>. You then enter a basic text editor, but it works.
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1. marw0uta
  
  Comment puis-je éditer un fichier texte sous Windows 7 dans MS-DOS ? S'il vous plaît, c'est urgent ! :'(
  
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2. pyhmousse Posted messages 43 Status Member 2
  
  I just tried the command edit filename.txt in DOS under Windows 7 and it works perfectly.... do you have any error messages?
  
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3. Khaled
  
  Hello, I have this problem: it says that 'edit' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
  
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Answer 4 / 7
Anonymous user

Hello, I think I have the solution
start C:\a.txt
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Answer 5 / 7
Galerien77

Actually, I want to run a text file in .bat format, so a file.bat
I found it earlier, it's just a character off and I don't remember the syntax
HELP
2

CMD

Solution

it's easy you write:

start C:\Users\username\Desktop\a.txt

if it is on the Desktop.

logon 313
Hello. I saw earlier that people want the text file to be displayed on the console . So I am answering the question: there is the command
```
edit
```
but it seems that it does not work on Win 10. There is also the command
```
type
```
but it will just display the text file.
Hoping to have helped you, Logon 313, batch operator.
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logon313 Posted messages 50 Status Member 9

another command to display text

more [file destination]

otherwise, to create a text file,

echo your text >>yourFile.txt

if the file exists and you want to delete its content, change the previous command to

echo your text >>yourFile.txt

here's a small script to put on your USB key:

@echo off
:start
set /p "file=enter the name of the file to open >>"
if exist "%file%.txt" goto continue
echo the file is not found, do you want to create it?
set /p "choice=N for no or any other letter for yes"
if /i "%choice%"=="N" goto start
set file=
set /p "file=enter the new name for the file>>"
goto edit
:continue
echo do you want to replace the file [1] or continue writing it [2]?
set /p "choice2=1 or 2>>"
if %choice2%==1 goto edit
if %choice2%==2 goto edit2
echo bad choice &pause &cls
goto continue
:edit
echo final text:
echo.
echo you can write. to skip a line, press enter.
set /p "text="
echo %text%>%file%.txt
:edit2
cls
echo final text:
type %file%.txt
echo.
echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
echo you can write. to skip a line, press enter.
set /p "text="
echo %text%>>%file%.txt
goto edit2

hoping to have helped you, logon313, advanced batcher

logon313 Posted messages 50 Status Member 9 > logon313 Posted messages 50 Status Member

attention, if you use this script, open it with the program: if you open it with notepad, the characters may look strange.
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Answer 7 / 7
CARQDIM

I have the same problem, I cannot open the text editor under MS DOS 7
How to proceed to create the program in DOS mode
Command prompt
C > edit (doesn't work)
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