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| 2 | .he 'CAT (I)'1/15/73'CAT (I)' | |
| 3 | .ti 0 | |
| 4 | NAME cat -- concatenate and print | |
| 5 | .sp | |
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| 7 | SYNOPSIS cat\b\b\b___ file\e91\e8 ... | |
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| 10 | DESCRIPTION cat\b\b\b___ | |
| 11 | reads each file in sequence | |
| 12 | and writes it on the standard output. | |
| 13 | Thus: | |
| 14 | .sp | |
| 15 | .ti +3 | |
| 16 | cat\b\b\b___ file\b\b\b\b____ | |
| 17 | .sp | |
| 18 | is about the easiest way to print a file. | |
| 19 | Also: | |
| 20 | .sp | |
| 21 | .ti +3 | |
| 22 | cat\b\b\b___ file1\b\b\b\b\b_____ file2\b\b\b\b\b_____ >file3\b\b\b\b\b\b______ | |
| 23 | .sp | |
| 24 | is about the easiest way to concatenate | |
| 25 | files. | |
| 26 | .sp | |
| 27 | If no input file is given cat\b\b\b___ reads from the standard | |
| 28 | input file. | |
| 29 | .sp | |
| 30 | If the argument "-" is encountered, cat reads from | |
| 31 | the standard input file. | |
| 32 | .sp | |
| 33 | .ti 0 | |
| 34 | FILES -- | |
| 35 | .sp | |
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| 37 | SEE ALSO pr(I), cp(I) | |
| 38 | .sp | |
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| 40 | DIAGNOSTICS none; | |
| 41 | if a file cannot be found it is ignored. | |
| 42 | .sp | |
| 43 | .ti 0 | |
| 44 | BUGS cat x y >x and cat x y >y cause strange results. |