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Files

You're probably familiar with the concept of files from using a GUI like Windows Explorer or Finder.

At their core, files are just blobs of data. The raw bytes in a file can represent anything: text, images, videos, etc.

The cat Command

The cat command is used to view the contents of a file. It's short for "concatenate," which is a fancy way of saying "put things together." It can feel like a confusing name if you're using the cat command to view a single file, but it makes more sense when you're using it to view multiple files at once.

# Print the contents of a file to the terminal
cat file1.txt

# Concatenate the contents of multiple files and print them to the terminal
cat file1.txt file2.txt

Assignment

Navigate into the worldbanc directory.
Confirm that you're in the right place. You should see a public directory listed.
Move into the public directory.
View the contents of the pr_ideas.txt file.

Submit the shell checks.