Would you like to learn how to display content as the file grows using Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show how to use Powershell to achieve the equivalent of the TAIL -f command of Linux.
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Tutorial Powershell – Display content as the file grows
Start a Powershell command-line.
Create a text file named MYFILE.
Display content as the file grows.
Start another Powershell command line and add random content to the file.
You are able to use a command similar to TAIL -f on Linux.
Congratulations! You are able to display the file content as it grows.
