Research V3 development

Work on file man/man1/cat.1

Co-Authored-By: Dennis Ritchie <dmr@research.uucp>
Synthesized-from: v3

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+.pa 1
+.he 'CAT (I)'1/15/73'CAT (I)'
+.ti 0
+NAME           cat -- concatenate and print
+.sp
+.ti 0
+SYNOPSIS       cat\b\b\b___ file\e91\e8 ...
+.sp
+.ti 0
+DESCRIPTION    cat\b\b\b___
+reads each file in sequence
+and writes it on the standard output.
+Thus:
+.sp
+.ti +3
+cat\b\b\b___ file\b\b\b\b____
+.sp
+is about the easiest way to print a file.
+Also:
+.sp
+.ti +3
+cat\b\b\b___ file1\b\b\b\b\b_____ file2\b\b\b\b\b_____ >file3\b\b\b\b\b\b______
+.sp
+is about the easiest way to concatenate
+files.
+.sp
+If no input file is given cat\b\b\b___ reads from the standard
+input file.
+.sp
+If the argument "-" is encountered, cat reads from
+the standard input file.
+.sp
+.ti 0
+FILES          --
+.sp
+.ti 0
+SEE ALSO       pr(I), cp(I)
+.sp
+.ti 0
+DIAGNOSTICS    none;
+if a file cannot be found it is ignored.
+.sp
+.ti 0
+BUGS           cat x y >x  and  cat x y >y  cause strange results.