NAME¶
cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output
SYNOPSIS¶
cat [
OPTION]... [
FILE]...
DESCRIPTION¶
Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output.
- -A, --show-all
- equivalent to -vET
- -b, --number-nonblank
- number nonempty output lines, overrides -n
- -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.
EXAMPLES¶
- cat f - g
- Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's
contents.
- cat
- Copy standard input to standard output.
AUTHOR¶
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report cat bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <
http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report cat translation bugs to <
http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2011 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.
SEE ALSO¶
tac(1)
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.