CAT("1") manual page
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cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output
cat
[OPTION] [FILE]...
Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to
standard output.
- -A, --show-all
- equivalent to -vET
- -b, --number-nonblank
- number nonempty
output lines
- -e
- equivalent to -vE
- -E, --show-ends
- display $ at end of each line
- -n, --number
- number all output lines
- -s, --squeeze-blank
- suppress repeated empty
output lines
- -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.
- cat
f - g
- Output f’s contents, then standard input, then g’s contents.
- cat
- Copy
standard input to standard output.
Written by Torbj?rn Granlund and
Richard M. Stallman.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright
© 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or
later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There
is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
The full documentation
for cat is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and cat programs
are properly installed at your site, the command
- info coreutils ’cat invocation’
should give you access to the complete manual.
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