cat Command.md

cat command

cat :- The cat command in Linux is used to concatenate and display the contents of one or more files on the standard output (usually the terminal).

• cat file.txt :- Read file

  cat file.txt	
  

• cat file1.txt file2.txt :- Multiple files read

  cat file1.txt file2.txt
  

• cat file1.txt file2.txt > combined.txt :- Multiple files into a single file.

  cat file1.txt file2.txt > combined.txt
  

cat command switch

• -n :- Displays line numbers for all the lines in the output.

  cat -n file.txt
  

• -b :- Display the contents of a file with line numbers only for non-empty lines.

  cat -b file.txt
  

• -s :- Squeeze multiple adjacent blank lines into a single blank line.

  cat -s file.txt
  

• -E :- Display the contents of a file with a $ symbol at the end of each line.

  cat -E file.txt
  

• -T :- Display the contents of a file with tab characters represented as ^I .

  cat -T file.txt