Read Content

Command	Description
cat [file]	Display all
less [file]	Paging with search
more [file]	Paging
head [file]	First lines (default is 10 lines)
head -n 15 [file]	First 15 lines.
tail [file]	Last lines (default is 10 lines)
tail -n 15 [file]	Last 15 lines.
tail -f [file]	Continuously monitor for new lines, useful for logs.
nl [file]	Display contents with line numbers
od -c [file]	Display in octal along with ASCII characters.
hexdump -C [file]	Display in hex. Useful for binaries.
strings [file]	Extract and display printable strings.
zcat file.gz	Display contents of gzipped files without decompressing it on disk.
zless file.gz	View the contents of a gzipped [file] in an interactive less-like interface.
zmore file.gz	View the contents of a gzipped [file] page by page, similar to more.
bzcat file.bz2	Display the contents of a bzip2-compressed [file] without decompressing it on disk.
highlight --syntax [file]	Applies syntax highlighting based on the file type.