Unix tail equivalent command in Windows Powershell

Use the -wait parameter with Get-Content, which displays lines as they are added to the file. This feature was present in PowerShell v1, but for some reason not documented well in v2.

Here is an example

Get-Content -Path "C:\scripts\test.txt" -Wait

Once you run this, update and save the file and you will see the changes on the console.

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