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    \$\begingroup\$ It does not print a newline. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 22:06
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    \$\begingroup\$ cat does not append a newline (at least on my system). \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 22:06
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    \$\begingroup\$ @isaacg cat prints the content of the supplied file byte per byte. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 22:17
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    \$\begingroup\$ @LukStorms But wouldn't this be a cat solution then, instead of a bash solution? And cat does not really qualify as programming language \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 23:07
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    \$\begingroup\$ Will this work if the file is named -e ? \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 30, 2015 at 6:05