NAME

cat − concatenate and print

SYNOPSIS

cat file ... 

DESCRIPTION

Cat reads each file in sequence and writes it on the standard output.  Thus "   cat file" prints the file, and "   cat file1 file2 >file3" concatenates the first two files and places the result on the third. If no input file is given, or if the argument ‘−’ is encountered, cat reads from the standard input file. 

SEE ALSO

pr(I), cp(I)

DIAGNOSTICS

none; if a file cannot be found it is ignored. 

BUGS

"cat x y >x" and "cat x y >y" cause strange results.