The given command `sudo cat /var/lib/brt/brt-backend/runBrt.txt` does the following: 1. **`sudo`**:...
The given command sudo cat /var/lib/brt/brt-backend/runBrt.txt
does the following:
-
sudo
: Runs the command with elevated (superuser) privileges. This is used when the current user does not have sufficient permissions to access or read the specified file. -
cat
: Concatenates and displays the contents of a file(s). In this case, it is being used to display the content of a single file. -
/var/lib/brt/brt-backend/runBrt.txt
: Refers to the file being accessed. It is located in the/var/lib/brt/brt-backend
directory. This is the full path to the file.
Summary:
The command displays the contents of the file runBrt.txt
, which is located in the directory /var/lib/brt/brt-backend
, using superuser privileges. If the user has permission issues reading this file, sudo
allows the user to bypass those restrictions.