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$cat

Concatenate and print file contents to standard output.

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Command Syntax

cat [OPTIONS] [FILE...]

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cat reads files sequentially, writing them to standard output. It is commonly used to inspect text files or combine multiple files.

Option / Flag	Description
-n	Number all output lines.

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