feat: add 'cat' script in Python

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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+python/venv
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diff --git a/python/cat.py b/python/cat.py
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+import argparse
+
+# Create an argument parser to obtain file name
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='cat')
+parser.add_argument('-f', '--file', help='File name')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+# Open the file using the `file` argument
+path = args.file
+with open(path, 'r') as file:
+        # Read and print the file contents
+        contents = file.read()
+        print(contents)