Which of these commands would not successfully display the contents of a text file?

• A. cat file.txt
• B. more file.txt
• C. view file.txt
• D. type file.txt

Answer: (C)

The command that would not successfully display the contents of a text file is "view file.txt." The "view" command is not typically a standard command found in most operating systems for displaying text file contents. Instead, commands like "cat," "more," and "type" are widely recognized and used for this purpose across different systems.

"cat file.txt" is a commonly used command in Unix/Linux environments that outputs the contents of a file to the terminal. "more file.txt" displays the file contents one screen at a time, also primarily in Unix/Linux. The "type file.txt" command is utilized in Windows to read and display the contents of a text file. Each of these commands is designed specifically to handle text files and output their contents efficiently to the user.

In contrast, the "view" command might be confused with "vi" or "vim," which are editors rather than commands for directly displaying file contents. Thus, using "view" would not accomplish the goal of showing the text file's content in systems that do not recognize it as a valid command.