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16 cat command examples for beginners in Linux

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Cat is the basic command when we start learning Linux/Unix, as the name suggest it is used to create new file ,concatenate files and display the output of files on the standard output.

cat stands for Concatenate. Cat is the basic command when we start learning Linux/Unix, as the name suggest it is used to create new file ,concatenate files and display the output of files on the standard output.

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cjcoats ·
% man dog DOG(1) User Manuals DOG(1)

NAME dog - better than cat

SYNOPSIS dog [-AbBeEnstTuv] [-w cols] [-l lines] [--show-all] [--number-nonblank] [--no-blanks] [--bind=port] [--dos] [--show-ends] [--hang-up] [--images] [--krad] [--links] [--lower] [--mac] [--number] [--no-header] [--squeeze-blank] [--strfry] [--sock=domain:port] [--sock-test] [--show-tabs] [--raw] [--rot=num] [--udp] [--unix] [--upper] [--show-nonprinting] [--hide-nonprinting] [--help] [--hex] [--skip-tags] [--oog] [--version] file | URL | -

DESCRIPTION dog writes the contents of each given file, URL, or the standard input if none are given or when a file named '-' is given, to the standard output. It cur- rently supports the file, http, and raw URL types. It is designed as a compati- ble, but enhanced, replacement of cat(1)...

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