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