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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] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
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 called `-' is given, to the standard
output.
OPTIONS
- -b, +number-nonblank
-
Number all nonblank 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'.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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