Below are the commands used to view the contents of a file, soft link or of a hard link without opening
(Explanations for these links are explained in a separate post ).
i) cat
cat filename
ii) more
more filename
iii) less
less filename
(Note: Give Enter and Q accordingly to continue and terminate the execution)
Difference B/W more and less:
more just prints the text as is, stopping for page breaks, and does not clear the screen, it can be back grounded but it doesn't clear the screen where
less is a full-screen application that gives you a searchable, scrollable window and clears the screen after you exit.
Difference B/W more and cat:
more can be used to work with the standard output but not cat
For example:
We can execute
ls -lrt | more
but not ls -lrt|cat
