The convict needed the file to break free from the chains that were restraining him, allowing him to escape. Files were often used to saw through metal or chains in order to facilitate an escape.
Pip the convict asked Pip to bring him a file and some wittles (food).
Magwitch asks pip for a file and wittles (food) i hope this helps :)
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convict asked pip to bring file and some food pip obeyed because convict said that if he will not obey his order he will cut his throat and roast it
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The convict, Abel Magwitch, confessed to being involved in a series of thefts and crimes, including a theft of food and a file. He also admitted to being an escaped convict.
Pip encountered the convict in a windswept graveyard near the marshes in Charles Dickens' novel "Great Expectations." The convict accosted Pip and demanded food and a file to remove his leg iron. Pip, feeling both fear and compassion, fulfilled the convict's requests.
Pip meets an escaped convict in a graveyard, who threatens him into bringing food and a file to help him escape from the authorities.
Early the next morning
The convict was trying to break open the iron on his leg by using Joe's file after Pip left him at the battery.
The convict tells Pip that he owes his life to him because he once helped him by giving him food and a file. He also instructs Pip to keep the incident a secret and to never reveal that it was he who helped the convict.
the file that pip gave the convict in the marshes in the beginning