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minus-squareRikudou_Sagelinkfedilink5•11 months agoMan = manual. Not sure what cat stands for but it prints the content of a file to the terminal (command line).
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•11 months agoI learned it long ago as “catenate”. checks Google Yep, seems to fit.
minus-squareRikudou_Sagelinkfedilink2•11 months agoRight, I always forget it can do more than just print file contents. Well, not planning on remembering it tomorrow.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•edit-211 months agocat file1 file2 > file3 => the contents of both file1 and file2 concatenating their contents into file3
Man = manual. Not sure what cat stands for but it prints the content of a file to the terminal (command line).
I believe it stands for concatenate.
I learned it long ago as “catenate”.
checks Google
Yep, seems to fit.
Right, I always forget it can do more than just print file contents. Well, not planning on remembering it tomorrow.
cat file1 file2 > file3=> the contents of bothfile1andfile2concatenating their contents intofile3