CAT
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: GNU Text Utilities
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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
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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 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'.
- --help
-
Print a usage message and exit with a status code indicating success.
- --version
-
Print version information on standard output then exit.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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