You can use double-quotes to tell the shell not to split arguments on whitespaces, but still substitute globs and variables, eg:
As for verbosity, cat isn't really that telling. You could put another command at the end to tell you that it's done, or you'll have to use some coding:
Can you have a second primary slice on a second hdd?
I know that primary slices are defined in the mbr, but where are all the sub partitions defined at?
From the OBSD installation FAQ:
What exactly is in the PBR? (0 Replies)
Hi,
I was a typical Windows guy. Like to do things just by clicking my mouse:cool:. I got a new job now...where they are big on unix.
I am trying to wet my fingures now with unix. Haven't taken the dive yet.
I am trying to find a solution for this problem.
Please help me with some... (4 Replies)
Hi all,
I have a directory with many subdirectories each named like so: KOG0001, KOG0002, ...KOG9999.
Each of these subdirectories contain a variable number two kinds of files (nuc and prot) named like so: Capitella_sp_nuc_hits.fasta (nuc) and Capitella_sp_prot_hits.fasta (prot). The... (2 Replies)
Hopefully the title summarized what I need help with. I have multiple files that I would like to concatenate in bash.
ie:
cat file1 file2 file3 > bigfile
except I do not want to include the first line from each file (). Any help? Thanks. (6 Replies)
I have a number of files in a directory named like this:
fooP1, fooN1, fooP2, fooN2 ... fooP(i), fooN(i).
I'd like to know how to combine each P and N pair into a single file, foo(i)
TIA
John Balwit (1 Reply)
I have a folder that contains a number of files with file names as follows:
XX.YYYY..ZZZ.2014.001.000000
XX.YYYY..ZZZ.2014.001.000400
XX.YYYY..ZZZ.2014.001.000800
XX.YYYY..ZZZ.2014.001.001200
XX.YYYY..ZZZ.2014.001.001600
.....
XX.YYYY..ZZZ.2014.002.000000
XX.YYYY..ZZZ.2014.002.000400... (8 Replies)
I have a text file in this format
Some lines....
Question no: 1
The question?
A. Answer 1
B. Answer 2
C. Answer 3
D. Answer 4
Answer:B
Some lines....
Question no: 2
The question? (choose 2) (10 Replies)
Hi,
Is there any way to do a cat * where it shows the name of each file in the process? Similar to what more does below?
$ more ?.sql
::::::::::::::
1.sql
::::::::::::::
set linesize 200
select db_unique_name,
cast(
from_tz(
cast(... (5 Replies)
I will like to merge several files using 'cat', but I observe the output is not consistent. the merge begins at the last line of the first file.
file1.txt:
1234
1234
1234
file2.txt:
aaaa
bbbb
cccc
dddd
cat file1.txt file2.txt > file3.txt
file3.txt:
1234
1234
1234aaaa
bbbb
cccc... (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: geomarine
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
gnomevfs-cat
gnomevfs-cat(1) User Commands gnomevfs-cat(1)NAME
gnomevfs-cat - print a file to standard output using the VFS system
SYNOPSIS
gnomevfs-cat URI
DESCRIPTION
gnomevfs-cat prints a file to standard output using the virtual file system to access the file via a URI.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
URI Specifies the file location in standard URI format.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Cat a File From a Web Server
example% gnomevfs-cat http://www.sun.com
Example 2: Cat a Local File
example% gnomevfs-cat file:///home/user/README.txt
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnomevfs-cat Executable to print a file to standard output using the VFS system
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-vfs |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gnomevfs-mkdir(1)NOTES
Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.
SunOS 5.10 6 Sep 2004 gnomevfs-cat(1)