December 2018
Beginner
320 pages
8h 57m
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Concatenate (cat) is one of the most frequently used Linux command-line utilities. It is most commonly used to view the contents of a single file or concatenate the contents of multiple files that are not very long. It does not provide scroll-back functionality.
The following screenshot demonstrates utilization of cat command with single file:

The following screenshot demonstrates utilization of the cat command with multiple files:

We can perform multiple tasks using the cat command, as listed in the following table:
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