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CAT(1)                      General Commands Manual                     CAT(1)



NAME
       cat - catenate and print

SYNOPSIS
       cat 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 file is given, or if the argument `-' is encountered,  cat  reads
       from the standard input.  Output is buffered in blocks matching the in‐
       put.

SEE ALSO
       pr(1), cp(1)

BUGS
       Beware of `cat a b >a' and `cat a b >b', which destroy input files  be‐
       fore reading them.



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