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Difficulty: EasymacOS and Linux Operating System Features and Tools

A help desk technician needs to display the full contents of a plain text configuration file directly within a Linux terminal window without opening an interactive editor. Which of the following commands should the technician use?

  1. catAnswer
  2. B
    grep
  3. C
    chmod
  4. D
    chown

Answer

The cat command should be used to display the contents of a file in the terminal.
The command 'cat' (short for concatenate) is standard in Linux and macOS terminals for printing the complete contents of one or more text files straight to standard output.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the administrative requirement
The technician needs to print out the complete text of a configuration file directly to the terminal output stream.
The task specifies displaying text without opening an interactive text editor like nano or vi.
2
Select the appropriate Linux utility
The cat utility outputs file content directly to standard output.
Running 'cat filename' reads and prints the file text cleanly into the terminal session.

Key Concept

Linux Terminal Command Usage for File Inspection
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macOS and Linux Operating System Features and Tools

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