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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 nonblank output lines

       -e     equivalent to -vE

       -E, --show-ends
              display $ at end of each line

       -n, --number
              number all output lines

       -s, --squeeze-blank
              never more than one single blank line

       -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 Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

 

REPORTING BUGS


       Report bugs to .

 

COPYRIGHT


       Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
       terms      of      the      GNU      General       Public       License
       .   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 com-
       mand

              info cat

       should give you access to the complete manual.



cat 5.97                         January 2007                           CAT(1)