cat (as in concatenate)
prints a file to stdout

head & tail print the beginning / end of a file

𓀥    𓁆 𓀕

𓁆 𓀟   𓀣 𓁀

Is there even a difference, asside from the telemetry?

There is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution

Don't forget the CSV files which despite the deliverers insistence on it being the same keeps changing in formatting.