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- NAME
-
- cat
- concatenate files and print on the standard output
- SYNOPSIS
-
- cat
- [-benstuvAET] [-number] [-number-nonblank] [-squeeze-blank]
[-show-nonprinting] [-show-ends] [-show-tabs] [-show-all]
[-help] [-version] [file...]
- DESCRIPTION
-
This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be inaccurate
or incomplete. The Texinfo documentation is now the authoritative
source. This manual page documents the GNU version of cat. cat writes
the contents of each given file, or the standard input if none are
given or when a file named `-' is given, to the standard output.
- OPTIONS
-
- -b,
- -number-nonblank Number all non-blank output lines, starting
with 1.
- -e
- Equivalent to -vE.
- -n,
- -number Number all output lines, starting with 1.
- -s,
- -squeeze-blank Replace multiple adjacent blank lines with a
single blank line.
- -t
- Equivalent to -vT.
- -u
- Ignored; for Unix compatibility.
- -v,
- -show-nonprinting Display control characters except for LFD
and TAB using `' notation and precede characters
that have the high bit set with `M-'.
- -A,
- -show-all Equivalent to -vET.
- -E,
- -show-ends Display a `$' after the end of each line.
- -T,
- -show-tabs Display TAB characters as `I'.
- -help
- Print a usage message and exit with a status code indicating
success.
- -version
- Print version information on standard output then exit.
- EXAMPLES
-
$ cat thisfile
This is the text in thisfile
$
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