CAT(1)                               SysV                               CAT(1)



NAME
     cat - concatenate and print files

SYNOPSIS
     cat [ -u ] [ -s ] [ -v [-t] [-e] ] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     cat reads each file in sequence and writes it on the standard output.  If
     no input file is given, or if the argument "-" is encountered, cat reads
     from the standard input file.

OPTIONS
     -u   Produce unbuffered output.  (The default is buffered output.)

     -s   Ignore non-existent files.

     -v   Make non-printing characters visible (except for tabs, new-lines and
          form-feeds).  Print control characters (CTRL key and X) as "^X", the
          delete character (DELETE key - octal 0177) as a caret with a
          question mark "^?", and non-ASCII characters (with the high bit set)
          as M-x, where x is the character specified by the seven low-order
          bits.

     -t   With the -v option, print tabs as ^I.

     -e   With the -v option, print a dollar sign ($) at the end of each line
          (prior to the new-line).

     The -t and -e options are ignored if the -v option is not specified.

EXAMPLES
     To write file1 on standard output, type the following:

          # cat file1

     To write standard input to file1, use this command:

          # cat >file1

     To write file1 and file2 to file3, type this:

          # cat file1 file2 >file3

BUGS
     Command formats such as cat file1 file2 >file1 destroy the original data
     in file1. Be careful when using shell special characters.

NOTE
     cat has user-settable character classes.  See chrtbl(1M), ctype(3C),
     environ(5).

FILES
     /lib/chrclass/*

SEE ALSO
     cp(1), pg(1), pr(1).