Linux Cat Command

Posted by linuxize on Oct 12, 2018 11:32 PM EDT
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The cat command is one of the most widely used command in Linux. The name of the cat command comes from its functionality to concatenate files. It can read and concatenate files, writing their contents to the standard output. If no file is specified or if the input file name is specified as a single hyphen (-) it reads from the standard input.

Cat is most commonly used to display the contents of one or multiple text files, combine files by appending the contents of one file to the end of another file, and create new files.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to use the cat command through practical examples.

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