CAT(1)              UNIX Programmer's Manual               CAT(1)

NAME
     cat - catenate and print

SYNOPSIS
     cat [ - ] [ -b ] [ -e ] [ -n ] [ -s ] [ -t ] [ -u ] [ -v ]
     file ...

DESCRIPTION
     _C_a_t reads each _f_i_l_e in sequence and writes it on the stan-
     dard output.  Thus

                    cat file

     prints the file, and

                    cat file1 file2 >file3

     concatenates the first two files and places the result on
     the third.  By default, output is buffered in 1024-byte
     blocks unless the standard output is a termiinal, in which
     case it is line buffered.  Optiions are:

     -    Read from standard input.

     -b   This, together with -n cause numbers to be omitted from
          blank lines.

     -e   Follow ends of lines with the $ character.

     -n   Number each line.

     -s   Cause the output to be single spaced by omitting multi-
          ple adjacent blank lines.

     -t   Print tabs as ^I.

     -u   Do not buffer the output.

     -v   Print non-printing characters in a visible way.  Con-
          trol characters are printed as ^X (for control-x); the
          delete character (octal 0177) is printed as ^?.  Non-
          ascii characters (those with 0200 bit set) are printed
          as M- (for meta) followed by the character represented
          by the low order 7 bits.  (for meta) followed by the
          character of the low 7 bits.

SEE ALSO
     cp(1), ex(1), more(1), od(1), pr(1), tail(1)

BUGS
     Beware of `cat a b >a' and `cat a b >b', which destroy the
     input files before reading them.

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