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cat(1)									cat(1)

Name
       cat - concatenate and print data

Syntax
       cat [ -b ] [ -e ] [ -n ] [ -s ] [ -t ] [ -u ] [ -v ] file...

Description
       The command reads each file in sequence and displays it on the standard
       output.	Therefore, to display the file	on  the	 standard  output  you
       type:
       cat file
       To concatenate two files and place the result on the third you type:
       cat file1 file2 > file3
       To concatenate two files and append them to a third you type:
       cat file1 file2 >> file3
       If  no input file is given, or if a minus sign (-) is encountered as an
       argument, reads from the standard input file.  Output  is  buffered  in
       1024-byte  blocks  unless  the  standard output is a terminal, in which
       case it is line buffered.  The utility supports the processing of 8-bit
       characters.

Options
       -b   Ignores  blank  lines  and precedes each output line with its line
	    number.

       -e   Displays a dollar sign ($) at the end of each output line.

       -n   Precedes all output lines (including blank lines) with  line  num‐
	    bers.

       -s   Squeezes  adjacent	blank lines from output and single spaces out‐
	    put.

       -t   Displays non-printing characters (including tabs) in  output.   In
	    addition to those representations used with the -v option, all tab
	    characters are displayed as ^I.

       -u   Unbuffers output.

       -v   Displays non-printing characters (excluding tabs and  newline)  as
	    the	 ^x.   If  the	character  is in the range octal 0177 to octal
	    0241, it is displayed as M-x. The delete  character	 (octal	 0177)
	    displays as ^?.  For example, is displayed as ^X.

Restriction
       Do not redirect output to one of the input files using the > (redirect‐
       ion symbol).  If you do this, you lose the original data in  the	 input
       file because the shell truncates it before can read it.

See Also
       cp(1), ex(1), more(1), pr(1), tail(1)

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