cat(1)                                                        cat(1)


       NAME
             cat - concatenate and print files

       SYNOPSIS
             cat [-suv [-et]] [file . . . ]

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

                   cat file

             prints the contents of 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.  cat processes
             supplementary code set characters according to the locale
             specified in the LC_CTYPE environment variable [see LANG on
             environ(5)].

             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.  All supplementary code set
                   characters are considered to be printable.

             The following options may be used with the -v option:

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



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      cat(1)                                                        cat(1)


            -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.

         Files
            /usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore.abi
                  language-specific message file [See LANG on environ(5).]

         Errors
            cat returns the following values:

            0     If all input files were output successfully.
            >0    If an error occurred while accessing one or more input
                  files.

      REFERENCES
            cp(1), pg(1), pr(1)





























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