There are many commands that you can make use of on the bash shell to display the contents of a file in the Terminal. Let's take a look at some of the most common ones.
Example: Using cat command
We can make use of cat command to display the contents of a file in Terminal.
bash-3.2$ cat data.txt
Date,Temp
1-1-2023,22
2-1-2023,22.3
3-1-2023,22.2
4-1-2023,22.1
5-1-2023,22.3
You can also access the file using absolute path to display it's content.
cat /Users/c2ctech/Desktop/data.txt
Date,Temp
1-1-2023,22
2-1-2023,22.3
Example: Using less command
If you have a file that is huge, then you can make use of the less command, this will display the contents of the file page wise with navigation option.
$ less huge_data.txtExample: Using more command
Again when have a file that is huge, then you can make use of the more command, this will display the contents of the file page wise and you can scroll to view the contents.
$ more huge_data.txtExample: Using head command
The head command can be used if you just want to display the n-number of lines from top of the file.
$ head -n 10 huge_data.txtExample: Using tail command
The tail command can be used if you just want to display the n-number of lines from bottom of the file.
$ tail -n 10 huge_data.txt
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