#!/bin/bash
# Create new file
touch somefile.txt
# Write to file
echo "This is new text" > somefile.txt
# Read contents
cat somefile.txt
# Or for larger files `less` with `-F -X` will act like `cat`
# Note: to exit `less` use `q`
less -F -X somefile.txt
# Or for reading the last few lines of file
# Note: `tail -f` to continuously read contents of file
tail somefile.txt
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