cat(1CC)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | EXIT STATUS | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO

NAME

cat- read files sequentially, writing them to the standard output

SYNOPSIS

cat [-benstuv] [-] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

The cat utility reads files sequentially, writing them to the standard output. The file operands are processed in command line order. A single dash represents the standard input.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

-b

Number the non-blank output lines, starting at 1.

-e

Display non-printing characters (see the -v option), and display a dollar sign ("$") at the end of each line.

-n

Number the output lines, starting at 1.

-s

Squeeze multiple adjacent empty lines, causing the output to be single spaced.

-t

Display non-printing characters (see the -v option), and display tab characters as "^I".

-u

Guarantee that the output is unbuffered.

-v

Display non-printing characters so they are visible. Control characters print as "^X" for control-X; the delete character (octal 0177) prints as "^?". Non-ASCII characters (with the high bit set) are printed as "M-" (for meta) followed by the character for the low 7 bits.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0

All input files were output successfully.

>0

An error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Evolving

SEE ALSO

Rob Pike. UNIX Style, or cat -v Considered Harmful, USENIX Summer Conference Proceedings, 1983.

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | EXIT STATUS | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO