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 nonblank output lines

     -e   equivalent to -vE

     -E, --show-ends
          display $ at end of each line

     -n, --number
          number all output lines

     -s, --squeeze-blank
          never more than one single blank line

     -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 bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software.  You may redistribute  copies  of  it
     under   the   terms   of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
     .  There  is  NO  WAR-
     RANTY, 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 cat

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE      ATRIBUTE VALUE  
    
     Availability         SUNWgnu-coreutils 
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted       
    

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http:/opensolaris.org.


















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