jyotijauhari / wincat

cat commands for windows. this project is made while learning node js.

wincat

• wincat : cat commands for windows.
• cat command: Cat command is very frequently used in Linux. It reads data from the file and gives their content as output. It helps us to create, view, concatenate files.

Commands :

1. To view a single file

node wincat.js filename

eg.

node wincat.js f1.txt

2. To view contents of multiple files

node wincat.js fileone filetwo filethree

eg.

node wincat.js f1.txt f2.txt

3. To view content of file with line number

node wincat.js -n filename

eg.

node wincat.js -n f1.txt

4. To create a new file

node wincat.js -create filename

eg.

node wincat.js -create f3.txt

5. Copy content of one file to other (fileone to filetwo)

node wincat.js -copy fileone filetwo

eg.

node wincat.js -copy f1.txt f2.txt

6. cat command to suppress repeated empty lines

node wincat.js -s filename

eg.

node wincat.js -s f1.txt

7. cat command to not number empty files (numbering non empty/non blank lines only)

node wincat.js -b filename

eg.

node wincat.js -b f1.txt

8. Command to append content of one file at end of other file. (from fileone to end of filetwo)

node wincat.js -append fileone filetwo

eg.

node wincat.js -append f1.txt f2.txt

9. Highlight end of file

node wincat.js -highlight filename

eg.

node wincat.js -highlight f1.txt

10. Cat command to write in existing file (or it will create new file if file doesn't exists)

node wincat.js -w filename
this is data you want to write

eg.

node wincat.js -w f6.txt
i am writing data in file f6 write after creation from console

11. Reverse print file

node wincat.js -reverse filename

eg.

node wincat.js -reverse f1.txt

Edge case

• If file entered is not found then it gives file doesn't exist error. ✅