adb shell cat

Combine multiple files and display their content on the standard output.

cat [-etuv] [FILE...]

Filename "-" is a synonym for stdin.

-e  Mark each newline with $
-t  Show tabs as ^I
-u  Copy one byte at a time (slow)
-v  Display nonprinting characters as escape sequences with M-x for high ascii characters (>127)
cat /etc/hosts