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Development Tools Introduction to the Terminal The Command Shell Command Arguments and Options

Posted by Elias K. Salem
Elias K. Salem
22,283 Points

Complete the final command to print out the contents of the a.txt file, with line numbers.

Can someone please help? is the code not simply,

-n a.txt

or

-n (space) a.txt

1 Answer

Jeff Muday
MOD
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,716 Points
Jeff Muday
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,716 Points

You are correct that it requires a space on the command line.

cat -n a.txt

The quiz is a little strange in that it has two blanks to fill in. Good luck with your journey!