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2 !!!CAT
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 AUTHOR
7 REPORTING BUGS
8 COPYRIGHT
9 SEE ALSO
10 ----
11 !!NAME
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14 cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output
15 !!SYNOPSIS
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18 __cat__ [[''OPTION''] [[''FILE'']...
19 !!DESCRIPTION
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22 Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard
23 output.
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26 __-A__, __--show-all__
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29 equivalent to __-vET__
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32 __-b__, __--number-nonblank__
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35 number nonblank output lines
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38 __-e__
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41 equivalent to __-vE__
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44 __-E__, __--show-ends__
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47 display $ at end of each line
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50 __-n__, __--number__
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53 number all output lines
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56 __-r__, __--reversible__
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59 use \ to make the output reversible, implies
60 __-v__
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63 __-s__, __--squeeze-blank__
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66 never more than one single blank line
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69 __-t__
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72 equivalent to __-vT__
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75 __-T__, __--show-tabs__
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78 display TAB characters as ^I
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81 __-u__
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84 (ignored)
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87 __-v__, __--show-nonprinting__
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90 use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB
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93 __--help__
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96 display this help and exit
97
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99 __--version__
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102 output version information and exit
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105 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard
106 input.
107 !!AUTHOR
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110 Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M.
111 Stallman.
112 !!REPORTING BUGS
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115 Report bugs to
116 !!COPYRIGHT
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119 Copyright 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
120 This is free software; see the source for copying
121 conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
122 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
123 PURPOSE.
124 !!SEE ALSO
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127 The full documentation for __cat__ is maintained as a
128 Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __cat__ programs
129 are properly installed at your site, the
130 command
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133 __info cat__
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136 should give you access to the complete manual.
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