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CAT
!!!CAT
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO
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!!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 nonblank output lines


__-e__


equivalent to __-vE__


__-E__, __--show-ends__


display $ at end of each line


__-n__, __--number__


number all output lines


__-r__, __--reversible__


use \ to make the output reversible, implies
__-v__


__-s__, __--squeeze-blank__


never more than one single blank line


__-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.
!!AUTHOR


Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M.
Stallman.
!!REPORTING BUGS


Report bugs to
!!COPYRIGHT


Copyright 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying
conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
!!SEE ALSO


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 cat__


should give you access to the complete manual.
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