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Display content of a file

cat filename

Display content of a file with line numbers at start of each line

cat -n filename

Display content of a file with line numbers only at start of each non blank line

cat -n filename

Display content of a file with $ showing at end of each line

cat -E filename

Display content of a file by getting rid of consecutive blank lines

cat -s filename

Display content of a file by highlighting TAB as ^I

cat -T filename

Display content of a file by using all available options, Useful in tracking ascii, special and junk characters

cat -A filename

Display content of a file including junk characters

cat -ve filename

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