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Alexander Njoku
Alexander Njoku

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https://medium.com/@alex2020global/file-viewing-inspection-8530aa17b64f

In Linux, files can be viewed and inspected using various command-line tools. cat, head, tail, less, and file are commonly used for displaying file contents and determining file types.

 less: View file contents interactively (scrollable).

 less file.txt: Open a file for reading.

 head/tail: View the start or end of a file.

 head -n 10 file.txt: Show first 10 lines.

 tail -f file.log: Monitor a log file in real-time.

 file: Determine a file’s type.

 file filename: Identify file format (e.g., text, binary).

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