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Fix accuracy of the output in examples (#12840)
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reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Get-Content.md

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external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml
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Locale: en-US
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Module Name: Microsoft.PowerShell.Management
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ms.date: 01/18/2026
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ms.date: 03/11/2026
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online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-content?view=powershell-5.1&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
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schema: 2.0.0
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aliases:
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```Output
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```Output
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### Example 3: Get a specific line of content from a text file
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```Output
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The `Get-Content` command is wrapped in parentheses so that the command completes before going to
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```Output
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This example uses the `Get-Item` cmdlet to demonstrate that you can pipe files to `Get-Content`. The
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```powershell
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Set-Content -Path .\Stream.txt -Value 'This is the content of the Stream.txt file'
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# Specify a wildcard to the Stream parameter to display all streams of the recently created file.
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# Specify a wildcard to the Stream parameter to display all streams of the recently
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# created file.
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Get-Item -Path .\Stream.txt -Stream *
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```
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```powershell
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# Use the Stream parameter of Add-Content to create a new Stream containing sample content.
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# Use the Stream parameter of Add-Content to create a new Stream containing sample
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# content.
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$addContentSplat = @{
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The **Stream** parameter is a dynamic parameter of the
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[FileSystem provider](../microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_filesystem_provider.md#stream-string).
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[FileSystem provider](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_FileSystem_Provider.md#stream-string).
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By default `Get-Content` only retrieves data from the default, or `:$DATA` stream. **Streams** can
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be used to store hidden data such as attributes, security settings, or other data. They can also be
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For more information, see
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[about_Quoting_Rules](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Quoting_Rules.md).
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```yaml
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reference/7.4/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Get-Content.md

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external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml
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Module Name: Microsoft.PowerShell.Management
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online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-content?view=powershell-7.4&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
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```Output
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```Output
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### Example 3: Get a specific line of content from a text file
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```Output
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The `Get-Content` command is wrapped in parentheses so that the command completes before going to
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This example uses the `Get-Item` cmdlet to demonstrate that you can pipe files to `Get-Content`. The

reference/7.5/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Get-Content.md

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external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml
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online version: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-content?view=powershell-7.5&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp
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### Example 3: Get a specific line of content from a text file
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reference/7.6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Get-Content.md

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external help file: Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Management.dll-Help.xml
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