cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output
Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output.
-A, --show-all equivalent to -vET
-b, --number-nonblank number nonempty output lines, overrides -n
-e equivalent to -vE
-E, --show-ends display $ at end of each line
-n, --number number all output lines
-s, --squeeze-blank suppress repeated empty output lines
-t equivalent to -vT
-T, --show-tabs display TAB characters as ^I
-u (ignored)
-v, --show-nonprinting use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
cat f - g Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's contents.
cat Copy standard input to standard output.
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cat>
or available locally via: info (aq(coreutils) cat invocation(aq