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How to use `cat` or `less` depending on the line count?
When looking at the content of files, I'd like to automatically cat short files but less those that exceed the screen size. I could use something with wc -l, but is there a better way that maybe also ...
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Is there ever a reason to use `cat` when you've got `less`?
I used to use cat to view files. Then I learned that less is usually better, and is a must if the file is longer than a few dozen rows.
My question: Is there ever a reason to use cat instead of less? ...
