CAT(1)

NAME
cat - catenate and print

SYNOPSIS
cat [ -u ] file ...

DESCRIPTION
Cat reads each file in sequence and writes it on the standard output. Thus

cat file

prints the file, and

cat file1 file2 >file3

concatenates the first two files and places the result on the third.

If no input file is given, or if the argument `-' is encountered, cat reads from the standard input file. Output is buffered in 1024-byte blocks unless the standard output is a terminal or the -u option is specified.

SEE ALSO
pr(1), cp(1)

BUGS
Beware of `cat a b >a' and `cat a b >b', which destroy the input files before reading them.