CAT(1) - Linux man page online | User commands
Concatenate files and print on the standard output.
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January 2018
CAT(1) User Commands CAT(1)
NAME
cat - concatenate files and print on the standard outputSYNOPSIS
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 exitEXAMPLES
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: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report cat translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2017 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.SEE ALSO
tac(1) Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cat> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) cat invocation'| This manual | Reference | Other manuals |
|---|---|---|
| cat(1) | referred by |
aoeui(1) | asdfg(1) | beef(1) | bidiv(1) | bilibop(7) | bmore(1) | catdoc(1) | catppt(1) | console(1) | covertag(1) | coverview(1) | cpuset(4) | cpuset(7) | cryptcat(1) | date@(1) | devio(1) | dvda2track(1) | dvdainfo(1) | File::Read(3pm) | finger@(1) |
| refer to | tac(1) |