The “cat” command allows you to read /view the contents of the text files without editing them. The easiest method of reading a file is to use the “cat” command followed by the particular filename.
Please refer the below example:
cat logfile.txt
You can also append “less” to the output, in order to check the file page by page.
See the below example:
cat logfile.txt | less
It is also possible to save the output contents in a file and download,
so that you can check it offline.
To do this, simply type “cat” followed by an output redirection operator.
cat /proc/cpuinfo > /home/user/cpu-information.txt
The “cat” command can also be used to link multiple files together.
If you want to combine files, the best procedure is as follows:
See the below example:
cat myfile1 myfile2 myfile3
When you fire the above command, it will display the output contents on your screen,
which you can send to a file to download.
cat myfile1 myfile2 myfile3 > output.txt
