CAT

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.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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.