more - look at the content of a text file page by page, by only moving forward in a file. Press q to quit.
less
less - look at the content of a text file, with more options than the more command, like line by line, up and down navigation, moving, searching, jumping.
Search is possible by using the slash - /word_to_search
Press q to quit.
# Some "less" Commands and Actions
Down arrow, Enter, e, or j - Move forward one line.
Up arrow,y or k - Move backward one line.
Space bar or f - Move Forward one page.
b - Move Backward one page.
/pattern - Search forward for matching patterns.
?pattern - Search backward for matching patterns.
n - Repeat previous search.
N - Repeat previous search in reverse direction.
g - Go to the first line in the file.
Ng - Go to the N-th line in the file.
G - Go to the last line in the file.
p - Go to the beginning of fthe ile.
Np - Go to N percent into file.
h - Display help.
q - Exit less.
cat
cat - Concatenate or link the content of different files to standard output.
Useful when combined with redirection of the output.
cat --help
Usage: cat [OPTION]... [FILE]...
Concatenate FILE(s) to standard output.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
-A, --show-all equivalent to -vET
-b, --number-nonblank number nonempty output lines, overrides -n
-e equivalent to -vE
-E, --show-ends display $ at end of each line
-n, --number number all output lines
-s, --squeeze-blank suppress repeated empty output lines
-t equivalent to -vT
-T, --show-tabs display TAB characters as ^I
-u (ignored)
-v, --show-nonprinting use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
Examples:
cat f - g Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's contents.
cat Copy standard input to standard output.
# Send the content of more files to a new file
cat file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt > combined.txt
cat combined.txt
