11. Viewing files (cat, less)

Viewing files

With the Shell, you can use commands to view files, let's learn how to do it in this concept.

Use the workspace below the video to practice the commands and remember to practice locally in your computer too. You should have downloaded the dictionary.txt in the previous concept in the workspace.

Ud206 013 Shell P8 - Viewing Files

Commands

  • cat: View file content.
  • less: View file content screen by screen.

Remember from the previous concept you downloaded dictionary.txt file into Downloads, you will need to cd into Downloads directory.

## Workspace

You can use this workspace to test your commands.

Code

If you need a code on the https://github.com/udacity.

What's the next word?

QUESTION:

Using the dictionary.txt file and the less command, find out the next word after the word goobers in this dictionary.

SOLUTION:

These answers need to be solved by yourself, I believe you can do it

Recomendation

The Shell commands can be installed or not on your computer if you are using Linux or Mac and you have issues running the commands check the documentation specifically for the Operating System.

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