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<H2><A NAME=SECTION00537000000000000000>3.3.7 Looking at files</A></H2>
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<A NAME=2363> </A>
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The commands <tt>more</tt> and <tt>cat</tt> are used for viewing the
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contents of files. <tt>more</tt> displays a file, one screenful at a
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time, while <tt>cat</tt> displays the whole file at once.
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To look at the file <tt>shells</tt>, we can use the command
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<P><TT> /home/larry/foo# <em>more shells</em>
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In case you're interested what <tt>shells</tt> contains, it's a list
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of valid shell programs on your system. On most systems, this includes
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<tt>/bin/sh</tt>, <tt>/bin/bash</tt>, and <tt>/bin/csh</tt>. We'll talk about
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these different types of shells later.
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While using <tt>more</tt>, press <IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="img104.gif"> to display the next page
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of text, and <IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="img105.gif"> to display the previous page. There are other
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commands available in <tt>more</tt> as well, these are just the basics.
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Pressing <IMG BORDER=0 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="img106.gif"> will quit <tt>more</tt>.
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Quit <tt>more</tt> and try <tt>cat /etc/termcap</tt>. The text will probably fly
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by much too quickly for you to read it.
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The name ``<tt>cat</tt>'' actually stands for ``concatenate'', which is the
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real use of the program. The <tt>cat</tt> command can be used to concatenate
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the contents of several files and save the result to another file.
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This will be discussed later.
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<B> Next:</B> <A NAME=tex2html3193 HREF="node114.html">3.3.8 Getting online help</A>
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<B>Up:</B> <A NAME=tex2html3191 HREF="node106.html">3.3 First Steps into </A>
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<P><ADDRESS>
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
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mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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