February 2004
Beginner
200 pages
5h 40m
English
cat | View files in their entirety |
less | View files one page at a time |
head | View the first lines of a file |
tail | View the last lines of a file |
nl | View files with their lines numbered |
od | View data in octal (or other formats) |
xxd | View data in hexadecimal |
gv | View Postscript or PDF files |
xdvi | View TeX DVI files |
In Linux, you’ll encounter various types of files to view: plain text, Postscript, binary data, and more. Here we’ll explain how to view them. Note that commands for viewing graphics files are covered in Graphics and Screensavers, and audio files in Audio and Video.