Jan 13, 2018 · I'd like to concatenate the output from echo with content of a file. I've tried the following comand: echo "abc" | cat 1.txt > 2.txt but the 2.txt file only contains the content …

Jun 10, 2012 · I want to do exactly what unix "cat" does, but on my PC. Is there a simple equivalent command for the Windows command line? Specifically I want to create a file from …

Dec 22, 2013 · What is the best way to output from a file starting from a specific line (big number like 70000). Something like: cat --line=70000 <file>

Dec 17, 2014 · Under cmd is there a windows equivalent to the posix command cat ? cat all by itself no filenames, no switches. I just want something that copies stdin to stdout until it hits …

Nov 7, 2023 · I know how to use head or tail to output a certain number of lines, but how do I output only a specific line number (s)? Something like: head --only-line=73 <file>

The cat command and the pipe itself use extra memory and file handles that are completely useless. You have tied up resources that my system needs free and you have gained …

How does one properly iterate over lines in bash either in a variable, or from the output of a command? Simply setting the IFS variable to a new line works for the output of a command …

Jan 4, 2011 · if the file new.txt is an empty file, you can simply use the cat command : cat file1.txt file2.txt > new.txt if new.txt is not empty, and you want to keep its content as it is, and just want …

Mar 10, 2018 · In Linux, I can easily view any files with line number next to it with cat -n command. sh-4.4$ cat test line 1 line 2 line 3 sh-4.4$ sh-4.4$ cat test -...

May 10, 2017 · 1 cat in PowerShell is actually an alias for Get-Content. You can see this from Get-Alias cat. Many of the simple nix commands were giving PS equivalents to help ease …