cat
Print and concatenate files. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cat.
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Print the contents of a file to
stdout
:
cat {{path/to/file}}
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Concatenate several files into an output file:
cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/output_file}}
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Append several files to an output file:
cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} >> {{path/to/output_file}}
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Copy the contents of a file into an output file in [u]nbuffered mode:
cat -u {{/dev/tty12}} > {{/dev/tty13}}
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Write
stdin
to a file:
cat - > {{path/to/file}}
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[n]umber all output lines:
cat -n {{path/to/file}}
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Display non-printable and whitespace characters (with
M-
prefix if non-ASCII):
cat -v -t -e {{path/to/file}}
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