CAT(1L) CAT(1L) NNAAMMEE cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS ccaatt [-benstuvAET] [--number] [--number-nonblank] [--squeeze-blank] [--show-nonprinting] [--show-ends] [--show-tabs] [--show-all] [--help] [--version] [file...] DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN This manual page documents the GNU version of ccaatt. ccaatt writes the contents of each given file, or the standard input if none are given or when a file named `-' is given, to the standard output. OOPPTTIIOONNSS _-_b_, _-_-_n_u_m_b_e_r_-_n_o_n_b_l_a_n_k Number all nonblank output lines, starting with 1. _-_e Equivalent to _-_v_E. _-_n_, _-_-_n_u_m_b_e_r Number all output lines, starting with 1. _-_s_, _-_-_s_q_u_e_e_z_e_-_b_l_a_n_k Replace multiple adjacent blank lines with a single blank line. _-_t Equivalent to _-_v_T. _-_u Ignored; for Unix compatibility. _-_v_, _-_-_s_h_o_w_-_n_o_n_p_r_i_n_t_i_n_g Display control characters except for LFD and TAB using `^' notation and precede characters that have the high bit set with `M-'. _-_A_, _-_-_s_h_o_w_-_a_l_l Equivalent to _-_v_E_T. _-_E_, _-_-_s_h_o_w_-_e_n_d_s Display a `$' after the end of each line. _-_T_, _-_-_s_h_o_w_-_t_a_b_s Display TAB characters as `^I'. _-_-_h_e_l_p Print a usage message and exit with a non-zero sta- tus. _-_-_v_e_r_s_i_o_n Print version information on standard output then exit. FSF GNU Text Utilities 1 .