# gc

> In PowerShell, this command is an alias of `Get-Content` (equivalent to `cat`) when the original `gc` program (<https://graphviz.org/pdf/gc.1.pdf>) is not installed.

- View documentation for GraphViz's `gc` command:

`tldr gc {{[-p|--platform]}} common`

- View documentation for the PowerShell's `Get-Content` command:

`tldr get-content`

- Determine whether `gc` is currently configured to GraphViz's `gc` or PowerShell's `Get-Content` by printing its help documentation:

`gc -?`