The cat
command in Linux is used to display the contents of a file on the terminal. Here are the steps to use the cat
command:
Open a terminal window.
Type
cat
followed by the name of the file that you want to display. For example, to display the contents of a file calledexample.txt
, type:
bashcat example.txt
Press Enter.
The terminal will display the contents of the file on the screen.
You can use various options with the
cat
command to customize the output. For example, you can use the-n
option to display the line numbers along with the contents of the file:
bashcat -n example.txt
- You can also use the
>
operator to redirect the output of thecat
command to a new file. For example, to create a new file calledoutput.txt
with the contents ofexample.txt
, type:
bashcat example.txt > output.txt
This will create a new file called output.txt
with the contents of example.txt
.
Note that the cat
command is most useful for displaying the contents of small text files. For larger files or files with binary data, other commands such as less
or hexdump
may be more appropriate.
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