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2 .TH CAT "1" "March 2012" "GNU coreutils 8.16" "User Commands"
4 cat \- concatenate files and print on the standard output
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
9 .\" Add any additional description here
11 Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output.
13 \fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-show\-all\fR
14 equivalent to \fB\-vET\fR
16 \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-number\-nonblank\fR
17 number nonempty output lines, overrides \fB\-n\fR
20 equivalent to \fB\-vE\fR
22 \fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-show\-ends\fR
23 display $ at end of each line
25 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-number\fR
26 number all output lines
28 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-squeeze\-blank\fR
29 suppress repeated empty output lines
32 equivalent to \fB\-vT\fR
34 \fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-show\-tabs\fR
35 display TAB characters as ^I
40 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-show\-nonprinting\fR
41 use ^ and M\- notation, except for LFD and TAB
44 display this help and exit
47 output version information and exit
49 With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
53 Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's contents.
56 Copy standard input to standard output.
58 Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
60 Report cat bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
62 GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
64 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
66 Report cat translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
68 Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
69 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
71 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
72 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
76 The full documentation for
78 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
82 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
84 .B info coreutils \(aqcat invocation\(aq
86 should give you access to the complete manual.