NAME¶

cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output

SYNOPSIS¶

cat [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION¶

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.

EXAMPLES¶

cat f - g

Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's contents.

cat

Copy standard input to standard output.

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report cat translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

AUTHOR¶

Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2013 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.

SEE ALSO¶

tac(1)

The full documentation for cat is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and cat programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info coreutils 'cat invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.