NAME

dcat − type contents of DECnet files to standard output

SYNTAX

dcat [−v] [−d] filespec1 filespec2 filespecn

DESCRIPTION

The dcat command displays the content of one or more DECnet files (in sequence) on the standard output.  The dcat command is similar in function and syntax to the ULTRIX cat command. 

The filespec argument is the complete file specification for one or more DECnet files.  The format for a file specification varies with each Digital operating system.  See the DECnet-ULTRIX documentation for a description of all DECnet file specifications. 

You can specify wildcard characters in a file specification.  You must enclose in quotes those portions of a file specification that you do not want the local shell to interpret, such as the portions of a file specification that contain foreign wildcard characters.  See the DECnet-ULTRIX documentation for more information. 

OPTIONS

−d Prints debugging information in the form of Data Access Protocol (DAP) message traces to stderr. 

−v Logs the names of the files being copied to stderr (verbose mode). 

EXAMPLES

dcat yukon::’dra1:[buckley]test.dat’ <RET>

This command displays the contents of file test.dat located on remote DECnet-VMS node yukon on dra1: in the user file directory [buckley], on the standard output.

dcat ’basin/terri/guess::drd0:[buckley]*.txt’>basin.txt

This command directs all files having the extension .txt in the user file directory [terri] located on remote DECnet-VMS node basin on drd0:, to the file basin.txt on the local DECnet-ULTRIX node.  Note the use of access control information within the node specification. See the DECnet-ULTRIX documentation for a description of access control information and its use.

SEE ALSO

dcp(1d), dlogin(1d), dls(1d), drm(1d)
DECnet-ULTRIX documentation