cat

cat will read a file and print it to standard output, usually the screen. cat is short for catenate.

Example:

cat mytext

This will show the contents of mytext.

cat mytext yourtext

This will show the content of mytext and then follow it with yourtext.

cat mytext yourtext > newtext

This will combine the two texts into a new text file in order.

Options

-A prints nonprinting and control characters

-e show a $ at the end of each line