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2 .TH CAT "1" "January 2016" "GNU coreutils 8.25" "User Commands"
4 cat \- concatenate files and print on the standard output
7 [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]...
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11 Concatenate FILE(s) to standard output.
13 With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
15 \fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-show\-all\fR
16 equivalent to \fB\-vET\fR
18 \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-number\-nonblank\fR
19 number nonempty output lines, overrides \fB\-n\fR
22 equivalent to \fB\-vE\fR
24 \fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-show\-ends\fR
25 display $ at end of each line
27 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-number\fR
28 number all output lines
30 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-squeeze\-blank\fR
31 suppress repeated empty output lines
34 equivalent to \fB\-vT\fR
36 \fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-show\-tabs\fR
37 display TAB characters as ^I
42 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-show\-nonprinting\fR
43 use ^ and M\- notation, except for LFD and TAB
46 display this help and exit
49 output version information and exit
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 GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
62 Report cat translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
64 Copyright \(co 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
65 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
67 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
68 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
73 Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cat>
75 or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) cat invocation\(aq