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[9]1.TH CAT 1
2.SH NAME
3cat \- concatenate files and write them to stdout
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5\fBcat\fR [\fB\-u\fR]\fR [\fIfile\fR] ...\fR
6.br
7.de FL
8.TP
9\\fB\\$1\\fR
10\\$2
11..
12.de EX
13.TP 20
14\\fB\\$1\\fR
15# \\$2
16..
17.SH OPTIONS
18.FL "\-u" "Unbuffered output"
19.SH EXAMPLES
20.EX "cat file" "Display file on the terminal"
21.EX "cat file1 file2 | lp" "Concatenate 2 files and print result"
22.SH DESCRIPTION
23.PP
24.I Cat
25concatenates its input files and copies the result to \fIstdout\fR.
26If no input file is named, or \- is encountered as a file name, standard
27input is used.
28Output is buffered in 512 byte blocks unless the
29.B \-u
30flag is given.
31If you just want to copy a file, \fIcp\fR should be used since it is faster.
32.SH "SEE ALSO"
33.BR cp (1).
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