Type

To type out a file use the cat (short for concatenate) command, e.g.:-

cat myfile

cat can be used to combine (concatenate) files and hence the rather odd name. For example:-

cat f1 f2 $>$ f3

concatenates files f1 and f2 into the file f3. The command more types out a file one screenful at a time e.g.:-

more myfile

The command less is very similar.

The commands head and tail can be used to type the first or last few lines of a file, for example:-

tail -3 myfile

types out the last three lines of myfile.