45 lines
777 B
Groff
45 lines
777 B
Groff
.TH CAT 1
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.SH NAME
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cat \(en catenate files
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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cat
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.RB ( -hu )
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.RB ( file... )
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Cat prints the contents of file arguments, one after the other.
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.PP
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The
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.B -h
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option prints the usage synopsis.
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.SH BUFFERING
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Output is not buffered.
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.PP
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The
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.B -u
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option that typically guarantees that output is not buffered is a no-op within this program,
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and is included for compatibility with other implementations of cat(1) as well as the POSIX.1 standard.
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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Cat prints an error message and exits with the appropriate status from sysexits(3) if it encounters an error.
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.SH BUGS
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"Catenate" and "concatenate" mean the same thing in the English language.
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.SH STANDARDS
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Cat functions as described in POSIX.1-2017.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Public domain.
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