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CAT(1)                      General Commands Manual                     CAT(1)



NAME
       cat, read - catenate files

SYNOPSIS
       cat [ file ...  ]
       read [ file ]

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

              cat file

       prints a file and

              cat file1 file2 >file3

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

       If no file is given, cat reads from  the  standard  input.   Output  is
       buffered in blocks matching the input.

       Read  copies  one  line  from the named file to standard output.  It is
       useful in interactive rc(1) scripts.

SOURCE
       /sys/src/cmd/cat.c
       /sys/src/cmd/read.c

SEE ALSO
       cp(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Read exits with status eof on end of file.

BUGS
       Beware of and which destroy input files before reading them.



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