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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35.
.TH CAT "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
cat \- concatenate files and print on the standard output
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cat
[\fIOPTION\fR] [\fIFILE\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output.
.TP
\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-show\-all\fR
equivalent to \fB\-vET\fR
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-number\-nonblank\fR
number nonblank output lines
.TP
\fB\-e\fR
equivalent to \fB\-vE\fR
.TP
\fB\-E\fR, \fB\-\-show\-ends\fR
display $ at end of each line
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-number\fR
number all output lines
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-squeeze\-blank\fR
never more than one single blank line
.TP
\fB\-t\fR
equivalent to \fB\-vT\fR
.TP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-show\-tabs\fR
display TAB characters as ^I
.TP
\fB\-u\fR
(ignored)
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-show\-nonprinting\fR
use ^ and M\- notation, except for LFD and TAB
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
cat f \- g
Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's contents.
.TP
cat
Copy standard input to standard output.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B cat
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
.B info
and
.B cat
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info cat
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
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