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cat - cat

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS 

NAME

cat − cat

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input.

OPTIONS

−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 at ˆI

−v, −−show−nonprinting

use ˆ and M− notation, except for LF (\n) and TAB (\t)

−u

(ignored)

−h, −−help

Print help

−V, −−version

Print version


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se