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cat (1g)

Name

cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output

Synopsis

cat [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Description




User Commands                                              CAT(1)



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, overrides -n

     -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 con-
          tents.

     cat  Copy standard input to standard output.





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AUTHOR
     Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report cat bugs to [email protected]
     GNU  coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/core-
     utils/>
     General help using GNU  software:  <http://www.gnu.org/geth-
     elp/>
     Report   cat  translation  bugs  to  <http://translationpro-
     ject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2012 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  redis-
     tribute  it.   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
     by law.


ATTRIBUTES
     See  attributes(5)  for  descriptions   of   the   following
     attributes:

     +---------------+--------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Availability   | file/gnu-coreutils |
     +---------------+--------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted        |
     +---------------+--------------------+
SEE ALSO
     tac(1)

     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.



NOTES
     This   software   was   built   from   source  available  at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.   The   original
     community       source       was       downloaded       from
     http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-8.16.tar.xz

     Further information about this software can be found on  the



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     open  source  community  website at http://www.gnu.org/soft-
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