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cat ? concatenate files and print on the standard output |
cat [OPTION] [FILE]... |
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 |
?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. |
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman. |
Report bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>. |
Copyright © 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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. |