How to can I view a simple text file via adb shell?

Question

How can I view a simple text file via adb or adb shell ? I know there is fileExplorer that comes with ADT but its not very handy, I have pull a file every time, then open it,

is there a quick way on the command line ?

Answer 1

adb shell cat /sdcard/file.txt

cat is the command for displaying text files in linux.

usage: cat [-beflnstv] [-] [file ...]

Answer 2

cat is the command which is useful to open text files in adb.

cat txtfile

or

cat txtfile.text