cat(1)                     (Essential Utilities)                     cat(1)


   NAME
         cat - concatenate and print files

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

   DESCRIPTION
         cat reads each file in sequence and writes it on the standard output.
         Thus:

               cat file

         prints file on your terminal, and:

               cat file1 file2 >file3

         concatenates file1 and file2, and writes the results in file3.

         If no input file is given, or if the argument - is encountered, cat
         reads from the standard input file.

         The following options apply to cat:

         -u    The output is not buffered.  (The default is buffered output.)

         -s    cat is silent about non-existent files.

         -v    Causes non-printing characters (with the exception of tabs,
               new-lines and form-feeds) to be printed visibly.  ASCII control
               characters (octal 000 - 037) are printed as ^n, where n is the
               corresponding ASCII character in the range octal 100 - 137 (@,
               A, B, C, . . ., X, Y, Z, [, \, ], ^, and _); the DEL character
               (octal 0177) is printed ^?.  Other non-printable characters are
               printed as M-x, where x is the ASCII character specified by the
               low-order seven bits.

         When used with the -v option, the following options may be used:

         -t    Causes tabs to be printed as ^I's and formfeeds to be printed
               as ^L's.

         -e    Causes a $ character to be printed at the end of each line
               (prior to the new-line).

         The -t and -e options are ignored if the -v option is not specified.

   SEE ALSO
         cp(1), pg(1), pr(1).





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   NOTES
         Redirecting the output of cat onto one of the files being read will
         cause the loss of the data originally in the file being read.  For
         example,

               cat file1 file2 >file1

         causes the original data in file1 to be lost.













































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