Sunday, 6 March 2016

How to create and display file contents using cat command ?


Create file # cat > create-linux-file.txt contents here ...
Display file # cat create-linux-file.txt
Appends text to file # cat >> create-linux-file.txt this is the line appends to create-linux-file.txt this is an example on using redirection to appends text

Switches -n, --number    number all output lines -b, --number-nonblank    number non-blank output lines -E, --show-ends      display $ at end of each line -s, --squeeze-blank       never more than one single blank line -T, --show-tabs     display TAB characters as ^I -u      (ignored) -v, --show-nonprinting    use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB
     --help    display this help and exit
     --version     output version information and exit
-A, --show-all      equivalent to -vET -t     equivalent to -vT -e    equivalent to -vE
Example # cat -n create-linux-file.txt Contents here...

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