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I am trying to do a simple task. Use PsExec to read a file's contents.

I have tried:

psexec \\<system> cmd "type C:\file.txt"

Running the command locally on the machine works fine... but with psexec it connects, starts psexec remotely .. then exits with no output.

heres the output:

PsExec v2.0 - Execute processes remotely
Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com


Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

I have tried searching for people trying to do the same thing but haven't had any luck.

Any suggestions? They will be greatly appreciated.

sirbradwick
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Harry answered my question in a comment.

"type is a built-in command, not an executable"..

This worked:

psexec \\<system> cmd /c "type C:\file.txt"
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