linux-administration

Testing and learning Linux administration.

Cat command in Linux with examples

$cat filename : It will show content of given filename
$cat file1 file2 : This will show the content of file1 and file2.
$cat -n filename : It will show content with line number.
$ cat >newfile : Will create and a file named newfile
$cat [filename-whose-contents-is-to-be-copied] > [destination-filename] : The content will be copied in destination file
$cat -s notes.txt : Will suppress repeated empty lines in output
$cat file1 >> file2 : Will append the contents of one file to the end of another file
$tac filename : Will display content in reverse order
$cat -E "filename" : Will highlight the end of line
$cat -- "-dashfile" : Will display the content of -dashfile

First Header	Second Header
Content from cell 1	Content from cell 2
Content in the first column	Content in the second column