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58 lines
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Groff
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.TH CAT 1
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.SH NAME
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cat \- concatenate and print files
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B cat
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[\fB\-u\fR]
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.IR file ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B cat
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reads in files one at a time and prints the contents to standard
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output. If \- is read, \fBcat\fR reads from standard input.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.BR \-u
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Writes bytes from the input files to standard output without delay
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as each is read. Writing with this flag is unbuffered.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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cat file
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.PP
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.nf
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.RS
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writes the contents of file to standard output
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.RE
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.fi
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.PP
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cat file1 file2 > all_files
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.PP
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.nf
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.RS
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concatenates the files \fBfile1\fR and \fBfile2\fR and writes the
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result to \fBall_files\fR.
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.RE
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.fi
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.PP
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cat file2 >> file1
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.PP
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.nf
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.RS
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appends the contents of \fBfile2\fR into \fBfile1\fR
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.RE
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.fi
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.PP
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cat header_text - > table
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.PP
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.nf
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.RS
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writes the contents of \fBheader_text\fR into \fBtable\fR then
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reads from standard input and writes it into \fBtable\fR
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.RE
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.fi
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.SH AUTHOR
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Written by Kat.
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2019 Katlynn Richey
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.PP
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This software is free software. Feel free to modify it and/or pass
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it around.
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