Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: October 2008
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cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output  

cat [OPTION] [FILE]...  

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.  

cat f - g

Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's contents.

cat

Copy standard input to standard output.

Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.  

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.  

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.  

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 cat

should give you access to the complete manual.

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