glassyoghurtsipper@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 years agoPoor doggo..lemmy.worldimagemessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1567arrow-down133file-text
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minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoWell, I have no idea what the commands do but I still enjoyed the joke.
minus-squareRikudou_SageAlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoMan = manual. Not sure what cat stands for but it prints the content of a file to the terminal (command line).
minus-squarefeddylemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 years agoI believe it stands for concatenate.
minus-squarequaddo@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoI learned it long ago as “catenate”. checks Google Yep, seems to fit.
minus-squareRikudou_SageAlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoRight, I always forget it can do more than just print file contents. Well, not planning on remembering it tomorrow.
minus-squareelscallr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 years agocat file1 file2 > file3 => the contents of both file1 and file2 concatenating their contents into file3
Well, I have no idea what the commands do but I still enjoyed the joke.
Man = manual. Not sure what cat stands for but it prints the content of a file to the terminal (command line).
I believe it stands for concatenate.
I learned it long ago as “catenate”.
checks Google
Yep, seems to fit.
Right, I always forget it can do more than just print file contents. Well, not planning on remembering it tomorrow.
cat file1 file2 > file3=> the contents of bothfile1andfile2concatenating their contents intofile3