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The command cat comptia.txt was issued on a Linux terminal. Which of the following results should be expected?
The correct answer is B. The contents of the text comptia.txt would be displayed. When the cat comptia.txt command is issued in a Linux terminal, the expected result is that the entire content of the comptia.txt file will be displayed on the standard output (the terminal screen). The cat command concatenates and displays file contents.
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The command cat comptia.txt was issued on a Linux terminal. Which of the following results should be expected?
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- AThe contents of the text comptia.txt will be replaced with a new blank document
- BThe contents of the text comptia.txt would be displayed.
- CThe contents of the text comptia.txt would be categorized in alphabetical order.
- DThe contents of the text comptia.txt would be copied to another comptia.txt file
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(34 responses)- B91% (31)
- C3% (1)
- D6% (2)
Why each option
When the `cat comptia.txt` command is issued in a Linux terminal, the expected result is that the entire content of the `comptia.txt` file will be displayed on the standard output (the terminal screen). The `cat` command concatenates and displays file contents.
The `cat` command itself does not modify or replace file contents; to replace a file, redirection operators (e.g., `>`) would be needed.
The `cat` command in Linux is primarily used to concatenate files and print their contents to the standard output. When used with a single filename like `cat comptia.txt`, it will simply display the entire textual content of that file directly in the terminal.
The `cat` command displays file contents as they are; it does not sort or categorize the contents, which would require piping the output to another command like `sort`.
The `cat` command displays content to standard output, it does not copy files; copying files is typically done with the `cp` command.
Concept tested: Linux `cat` command functionality
Source: man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/cat.1.html
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