7.2.1 cat
Dump the contents of a file to standard output.
Syntax
cat [{ -w | --wallet } wallet-location ]
[{ -T | --trace } trace-level ]
[ --aio=naio ] filename
Command Options
The options for the
cat
command are:
-
filename: Specifies the file being output.
-
-w
,--wallet
: Optionally specifies the path to the Exascale wallet directory. -
-T
,--trace
: Optionally enables tracing and sets the trace level to1
(minimum tracing),2
(medium tracing), or3
(maximum tracing).If the
$ADR_BASE
environment variable is set, the trace file is written to:$ADR_BASE/diag/EXC/xsh_<username>/<hostname>/trace/xsh_<date>.trc
Otherwise, the trace file is written to:
/tmp/diag/EXC/xsh_<username>/<hostname>/trace/xsh_<date>.trc
-
--aio
: Optionally specifies the number of async I/Os to use. The default value is 4.
Examples
Example 7-1 Dump the contents of an Exascale file
The following example dumps the contents of the file at
@MYDATA/myfile
to standard output.
$ xsh cat @MYDATA/myfile
Parent topic: XSH Command Reference