Question

Apart from displaying file contents, cat command is also used for _____ files.

(a) displaying

(b) deleting

(c) copying

(d) creating

The question was posed to me in an interview for job.

My enquiry is from Displaying and Creating Files: cat Command topic in section Handling Ordinary Files of Unix

Answer 1

Right choice is (d) creating

For explanation: cat command is one of the most well-known commands of the UNIX system. It is generally used to display the contents of a file on the terminal but can also be used for creating files. Suppose to create a file abd.txt, type the following command