Any other useful options?

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Yes, here are some additional useful options for the cat command:

  1. -n: Number all output lines.

    cat -n filename.txt
  2. -b: Number non-empty output lines only.

    cat -b filename.txt
  3. -s: Suppress repeated empty output lines.

    cat -s filename.txt
  4. -v: Show non-printing characters (except for tabs and line ends).

    cat -v filename.txt
  5. -A: Show all non-printing characters, including tabs and line endings.

    cat -A filename.txt
  6. -e: Equivalent to -vE, shows non-printing characters and line endings.

    cat -e filename.txt

These options can be combined as needed to customize the output of the cat command for better readability and analysis of file contents.

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