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~$ which cat
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    3 hours ago

    Admittedly I still use cat for this.

    This also works too, but it’s more verbose:

    echo "$(<foo.txt)"
    

    It’s mentioned in the Bash man pages:

    The command substitution $(cat file) can be replaced by the equivalent but faster $(< file).

    EDIT: I was just informed that simply <foo.txt works too.