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

     -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 bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     Report        cat        translation         bugs         to
     <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2010 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  redistri-
     bute  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.



























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