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.TH CAT "1" "September 2011" "GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
cat \- concatenate files and print on the standard output
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cat
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output.
.TP
\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-show\-all\fR
equivalent to \fB\-vET\fR
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-number\-nonblank\fR
number nonempty output lines, overrides \fB\-n\fR
.TP
\fB\-e\fR
equivalent to \fB\-vE\fR
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-show\-ends\fR
display $ at end of each line
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-number\fR
number all output lines
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-squeeze\-blank\fR
suppress repeated empty output lines
.TP
\fB\-t\fR
equivalent to \fB\-vT\fR
.TP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-show\-tabs\fR
display TAB characters as ^I
.TP
\fB\-u\fR
(ignored)
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-show\-nonprinting\fR
use ^ and M\- notation, except for LFD and TAB
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
cat f \- g
Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's contents.
.TP
cat
Copy standard input to standard output.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report cat bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report cat translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBtac\fP(1)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B cat
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B cat
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils \(aqcat invocation\(aq
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.