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CAT(1)
CAT - concatenate and print
SYNOPSIS
cat [-aenotuvV] [filename ...]
Options:
-a same as -u if input begins with BOM
-e add '$' at the end of line
-n add line number
-o suppress buffering for output
-t show tab character as '^I'
-u unicode text processing
-v show control characters as '^' + alphabet, except tab and newline.
-V show version
-- declare end of options
DESCRIPTION
cat reads each file in sequence and writes it on the standard output. Thus:
C:> cat file
prints file on your terminal, and:
C:> cat file1 file2 >file3
concatenates file1 and file2, and writes the results in file3.
If no input file is given, cat reads from the standard input file
NOTES
Wildcard expansion:
Wildcard for the directories can be used.
Suppose you have those files.
a\abc-de.c
b\def-df.c
c\def-e.c
If you run cat like
cat */*-d*c
Cat will concatenate abc\abc-de.c and acc\def-df.c. Not abc\def-e.c. Cat searches the perfect match. Like UNIX shell does.
Currently, '*' and '?' are supported as the wildcard.
SEE ALSO
cp(1), dog(s), more(1), less(6), tail(1)