PowerShell: Read File

Get-Content has alias of gc

Get-Content filePath

return the file content as a array of strings. Each element is a line.

Get-Content filePath -TotalCount n

return first n lines as a array of strings.

Get-Content filePath -tail n

return last n lines as a array of strings.

Get-Content filePath -raw

return whole file as one string.

Get-Content filePath -Encoding utf8

Use utf8 encoding.

Here's a alternative, using .NET method:

[IO.File]::ReadAllText(file_path)

return the content of the file, as a string.