- cat
- more
- less
- head
- tail
Displaying file content
- cat - show the content of the whole file.
- more- an old pager (not really used any more).
- less- a new pager (h for help; q for quit).
- head- show first 10 lines of a file.
- head -42 - show first 42 lines of a file.
- tail - show last 10 lines.
- tail -42 - show last 42 lines.
- tail -f - follow as the file growth.