Man1 - cat.1
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NAME
cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output
SYNOPSIS
cat [/OPTION/]… [/FILE/]…
DESCRIPTION
Concatenate FILE(s) to standard output.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
- -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
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
GNU coreutils online help: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
Report any translation bugs to https://translationproject.org/team/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later https://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
tac(1)
Full documentation https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cat
or available locally via: info ’(coreutils) cat invocation’