Table of Contentscat - concatenate files and print on the standard output cat [-benstuvAET] [--number] [--number-nonblank] [--squeeze-blank] [--show-nonprinting] [--show-ends] [--show-tabs] [--show-all] [--help] [--version] [file...] This manual page documents the GNU version of cat. cat writes the contents of each given file, or the standard input if none are given or when a file named `-' is given, to the standard output. - -b, --number-nonblank
- Number all nonblank output lines, starting with 1.
- -e
- Equivalent to -vE.
- -n, --number
- Number all output lines, starting with 1.
- -s, --squeeze-blank
- Replace multiple adjacent blank lines with a single blank line.
- -t
- Equivalent to -vT.
- -u
- Ignored; for Unix compatibility.
- -v, --show-nonprinting
- Display control characters except for LFD and TAB using `^' notation and precede characters that have the high bit set with `M-'.
- -A, --show-all
- Equivalent to -vET.
- -E, --show-ends
- Display a `$' after the end of each line.
- -T, --show-tabs
- Display TAB characters as `^I'.
- --help
- Print a usage message and exit with a status code indicating success.
- --version
- Print version information on standard output then exit.
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