In Bash, file and directory operations are managed using built-in commands. To read a file’s content, the ‘cat’ command is used followed by the filename. For example, ‘cat myfile.txt’. This will display the contents of the file on the terminal.
To list the contents of a directory, the ‘ls’ command is utilized. By simply typing ‘ls’, it lists all files and directories in the current working directory. If you want to view the contents of a specific directory, type ‘ls’ followed by the directory path like ‘ls /home/user/documents’.
For more detailed information about files and directories such as permissions, size, and modification dates, use ‘ls -l’. The ‘-l’ option provides long format listing.
