cat

I. Description

The 'cat' command is used to output the content of a file to STDOUT. It is generally useful when you want to see the content of a file without having to open the file in a text editor like vim.

The 'cat' command will work with any type of file, however when used on a file that contains something other than text the output will probably be indecipherable by a human being looking at the output.

II. Examples

Example 2.1

Using the 'cat' command to view the content of a file.

                    
                        john@comp:~$
                        cat file_1.txt
                        This is some text.