can we use cat command as an editor ..???

Answer Posted / niranjan

cat is unix command not an editor.
Editor is one which provides various mode like input mode,command mode, and last line mode as vi editor..
cat displays the content of file if file exist else it creates
the new file and takes input from standard input(i.e, keyboard)

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