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  • cat ';' FILEPATH

    /**
     * Get the contents of a file.
     * 
     * @param in
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    
    public String _cat(String args[]) throws IOException {
    	verifyCommand(args, "${cat;<in>}, get the content of a file", null, 2, 2);
    	File f = domain.getFile(args[1]);
    	if (f.isFile()) {
    		return IO.collect(f);
    	} else if (f.isDirectory()) {
    		return Arrays.toString(f.list());
    	} else {
    		try {
    			URL url = new URL(args[1]);
    			return IO.collect(url, "UTF-8");
    		}
    		catch (MalformedURLException mfue) {
    			// Ignore here
    		}
    		return null;
    	}
    }
    
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