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cat — Print and concatenate files. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_n
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How to use the
cat command: Print and concatenate files. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/cat-invocation.html>.Solution
cat — Print and concatenate files. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/cat-invocation.html>.Print the contents of a file to
stdout:cat {{path/to/file}}Concatenate several files into an output file:
cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/output_file}}Append several files to an output file:
cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} >> {{path/to/output_file}}Write to a file interactively:
cat > {{path/to/file}}Number all output lines:
cat {{[-n|--number]}} {{path/to/file}}Display all characters, including tabs, line endings, and non-printing characters:
cat {{[-A|--show-all]}} {{path/to/file}}Pass file contents to another program through
stdin:cat {{path/to/file}} | {{program}}Code Snippets
Print the contents of a file to `stdout`
cat {{path/to/file}}Concatenate several files into an output file
cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/output_file}}Append several files to an output file
cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} >> {{path/to/output_file}}Write to a file interactively
cat > {{path/to/file}}Number all output lines
cat {{[-n|--number]}} {{path/to/file}}Context
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