How Do I Read a Text File in Linux Terminal?
Contents How Do I Read a Text File in Terminal? to Look at the Contents of a Text-Based Configuration File, Use Cat or Less. Generally, You’ll Use Less Because...
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How do I read a text file in terminal?
To look at the contents of a text-based configuration file, use cat or less . Generally, you’ll use less because it has more options (such as searching). To use less , enter the command name followed by the name of the file you want to view.
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- find /home -user randomperson-mtime 6 -iname “.db”
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