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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Difference between cat , cat > , cat >> and touch !!! Post 302199923 by gautamdheeraj on Wednesday 28th of May 2008 06:15:39 AM
Old 05-28-2008
cat <file name> => displays the contents of the file
cat => takes input from STDIN and puts it back to the STDOUT
cat > <filename> => Take in put from STDIN and put contents in <filename>, This will overwrite the contents.
cat >> <filename> => Take in put from STDIN and put contents in <filename>, This will append the contents.

- Dheeraj
 

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CAT(1)                                                             User Commands                                                            CAT(1)

NAME
cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output SYNOPSIS
cat [OPTION]... [FILE]... DESCRIPTION
Concatenate FILE(s) to standard output. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. -A, --show-all equivalent to -vET -b, --number-nonblank number nonempty output lines, overrides -n -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 output lines -t equivalent to -vT -T, --show-tabs display TAB characters as ^I -u (ignored) -v, --show-nonprinting use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit EXAMPLES
cat f - g Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's contents. cat Copy standard input to standard output. AUTHOR
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman. REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report cat translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO
tac(1) Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cat> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) cat invocation' GNU coreutils 8.28 January 2018 CAT(1)
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