what will this do $cat > file.c ?(file.c is a file in current directory)

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what will this do $cat > file.c ?(file.c is a file in current directory)..

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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what will this do $cat > file.c ?(file.c is a file in current directory)..

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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what will this do $cat > file.c ?(file.c is a file in current directory)..

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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what will this do $cat > file.c ?(file.c is a file in current directory)..

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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what will this do $cat > file.c ?(file.c is a file in current directory)..

Answer / guest

it will overwrite the contents present in the file.c file

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what will this do $cat > file.c ?(file.c is a file in current directory)..

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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what will this do $cat > file.c ?(file.c is a file in current directory)..

Answer / bhaskar

it will create a new file

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what will this do $cat > file.c ?(file.c is a file in current directory)..

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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what will this do $cat > file.c ?(file.c is a file in current directory)..

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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what will this do $cat > file.c ?(file.c is a file in current directory)..

Answer / sudhansu mallick

It will allow you to create file.c ( if file.c is
available, it will be overwritten with new data )

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