what will this do $cat > file.c ?(file.c is a file in
current directory)
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Answer / ram
It will allow you to create file.c ( if file.c is
available, it will be overwritten with new data )
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Answer / nagarjuna@rvr
the cat command is used to create and append info to the
files. by using the cat>file.c we create the file file.c.
if it is already in the current directory then it erise the
old info and place the new info onto the file file.c.
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Answer / manikya girish
if we consider the command as cat > file.c
If we run this command the user gets back the control and he
needs to type something and once done, hit Ctrl+C to come
out of the scope. Whatever you have typed after executing
the command will be there in the file file.c
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Answer / pramod krishna
Given file.c is a file in current dirctory.
So the command will remove the existing content and keep
the new content typing
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Answer / guest
it will overwrite the contents present in the file.c file
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Answer / prakash reddy
if file.c exists in current directory, entire content will
be erased, if it is not present a new file by the name
file.c is created
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Answer / suvarna
cat >file.c -- wait for input data....
If we type something and press ctrl+d, whatever we typed
would be saved to file.c
else if we press ctrl+c, the file remains unchanged.
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Answer / rohit
First of all it is 'cat' command '$' is representing the
shell on which this command will be executed.
After execution of this command the system will expect you
to type in the contents of the file and then press the Ctrl-
d to terminate. The text you typed in will be stored in
file.c file.
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Answer / sudhansu mallick
It will allow you to create file.c ( if file.c is
available, it will be overwritten with new data )
Is This Answer Correct ? | 2 Yes | 0 No |
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