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# cat - Unix, Linux Command

# NAME

cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output

# SYNOPSIS

cat [OPTION] [FILE]...

# DESCRIPTION

Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output.

Tag | Description
--- | ---
-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

Tag | Description
--- | ---
cat f - g | Output f’s contents, then standard input, then g’s contents.
cat | Copy standard input to standard output.

# AUTHOR

Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

# REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

# COPYRIGHT

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.

# SEE ALSO

cat is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and cat programs are properly installed at your site, the command

Tag | Description
--- | ---
| info cat

should give you access to the complete manual.

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