cat(1)                   USER COMMANDS                     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  stan-
     dard 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  encoun-
     tered, 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.





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cat(1)                   USER COMMANDS                     cat(1)



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

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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