How Do I Read Text in Linux?
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How do I read a text file in Linux?

From the Linux terminal, you must have some exposures to the Linux basic commands. There are some commands such as cat, ls, that are used to read files from the terminal.
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Open the file using tail command.

  1. Open File Using cat Command. …
  2. Open File Using less Command. …
  3. Open File Using more Command. …
  4. Open File Using nl Command.

How do I read a text file in Unix?

Use the command line to navigate to the Desktop, and then type cat myFile. txt . This will print the contents of the file to your command line. This is the same idea as using the GUI to double-click on the text file to see its contents.

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