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CAT
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: May 2008
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NAME
cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output
SYNOPSIS
cat
[OPTION] [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output.
- -A, --show-all
-
equivalent to -vET
- -b, --number-nonblank
-
number nonempty output lines
- -e
-
equivalent to -vE
- -E, --show-ends
-
display $ at end of each line
- -n, --number
-
number all output lines
- -s, --squeeze-blank
-
suppress repeated empty output lines
- -t
-
equivalent to -vT
- -T, --show-tabs
-
display TAB characters as ^I
- -u
-
(ignored)
- -v, --show-nonprinting
-
use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB
- --help
-
display this help and exit
- --version
-
output version information and exit
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
EXAMPLES
- cat f - g
-
Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's contents.
- cat
-
Copy standard input to standard output.
AUTHOR
Written by Torbj?rn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for
cat
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
info
and
cat
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info coreutils 'cat invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- EXAMPLES
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- AUTHOR
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- COPYRIGHT
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- SEE ALSO
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