GNU coreutils 8.32
March 2020
coreutils
The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system
coreutils-common
coreutils common optional components
coreutils-doc
Documentation for the GNU Core Utilities
NAME
cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output
SYNOPSIS
cat [\,OPTION\/]... [\,FILE\/]...
DESCRIPTION
Concatenate FILE(s) to standard output.
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
| -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 | |
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
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.
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)
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cat>
or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) cat invocation\(aq
or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) cat invocation\(aq
REFERENCED BY
devio(1), proc(5), cpuset(7), pg(1), xmessage(1), iftab(5), xz(1), ul(1), aoeui(1), asdfg(1), bidiv(1), bilibop(7), catdoc(1), catppt(1), xls2csv(1), cryptcat(1), rfcat(1), kcc(1), cpuset(4), lz4(1), lz4c(1), lz4cat(1), unlz4(1), lolcat(6), pmlogrewrite(1), pv(1), rsyncrypto(1), sipcalc(1), sluice(1), xcf2png(1), xcf2pnm(1), xcfinfo(1), xcfview(1), xmotd(8), console(1), petcat(1), minicoredumper.recept.json(5), fetchlog(1), ast(3ast), xmessage(1), tac(1)
