CAT(1)                           User Commands
CAT(1)



NNAAMMEE
       cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       ccaatt [_O_P_T_I_O_N] [_F_I_L_E]...

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard
       output.

       --AA, ----sshhooww--aallll
              equivalent to --vvEETT

       --bb,
       ----nnuummbbeerr--nnoonnbbllaannkk
              number nonblank output lines

       --ee     equivalent to --vvEE

       --EE, ----sshhooww--eennddss
              display $ at end of each line

       --nn, ----nnuummbbeerr
              number all output lines

       --ss, ----ssqquueeeezzee--bbllaannkk
              never more than one single blank line

       --tt     equivalent to --vvTT

       --TT, ----sshhooww--ttaabbss
              display TAB characters as ^I

       --uu     (ignored)

       --vv,
       ----sshhooww--nnoonnpprriinnttiinngg
              use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB

       ----hheellpp display this help and exit

       ----vveerrssiioonn
              output version information and exit

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS
       cat f - g
              Output f's contents, then standard input,
              then g's contents.

       cat    Copy standard input to standard output.

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

RREEPPOORRTTIINNGG BBUUGGSS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
       Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute
       copies of it under the terms      of      the
       GNU      General       Public       License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.   There  is
       NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       The full documentation for ccaatt is maintained as
       a Texinfo  manual.   If the iinnffoo and ccaatt
       programs are properly installed at your site, the
       com‐ mand

              iinnffoo ccaatt

       should give you access to the complete manual.



cat 6.7                          December 2006
CAT(1)
