The cat data.txt.* command will display both the splitted files, and the > command will redirect the output into a new data.txt file.

What is the cat command?

The concatenate (cat) command is used to display or print the contents of a file.

Syntax: cat filename

For example, the following command will display the contents of the /var/log/dmesg file: cat /var/log/dmesg

Note: The more command is used in conjunction with the cat command to prevent scrolling of the screen while displaying the contents of a file.

What is > command?

The > command is used for storing the output generated by different commands. It creates a file specified to store the output. If the specified file already exists, it overwrites that file.

Answer option A is incorrect. This command will open a new file data.txt.* into the vi editor.

Answer option D is incorrect. This command will give the vi editor a warning "output is not to a terminal" since the vi terminal cannot be redirected into the data.txt file.

Answer option B is incorrect. The less command displays only the first file data.txt.aa, and the > command redirects the output into the data.txt file. Hence, John will not get the desired output using this command.