UNIX Command Bible ✝️ cat #shorts #unix #linux #termux #education #computer #gnu #command #bible
Word Origin: Originates from the Latin ‘concatenare’, which is formed by con, meaning « together », and by catena, meaning « chain. »
The cat command will read files sequentially and write to standard output. It is able to
create, view, and combine data from a file’s contents.
Originally authored in 1971 by AT&T Bell Labs, later rewritten by R. Stallworth for coreutils.
Command Syntax:
cat [OPTION]… [FILE]…
Command Options:
-A, –show-all
-e equivalent to -vE
-E, –show-ends display $ at end of each line
-n, –number number all output lines
-s, –squeeze-blank suppress repeated empty line
-t equivalent to -vT
-T, –show-tabs
-v, –show-nonprinting
–help display this help and exit
–version output version information and exit.
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