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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 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'.
The long-named options can be introduced with `+' as well as `--', for
compatibility with previous releases. Eventually support for `+' will be
removed, because it is incompatible with the POSIX.2 standard.