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6,657 PointsDoes cat actually concatenate the files and store the copy somewhere or just print them all together on the screen ?
Please help me.
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rtholen
Courses Plus Student 11,859 PointsIt does concatenate the files. cat file_a file_b concatenates them to standard output (the console). cat file_a file_b > file_c concatenates them into file_c. Try it with some simple text files.