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fc-cat

FC-CAT(1)																 FC-CAT(1)

NAME

       fc-cat - read font information cache files

SYNOPSIS

       fc-cat [ -rvVh ]  [ --recurse ]	[ --verbose ]  [ --version ]  [ --help ]

	[  [ fonts-cache-%version%-files ]  [ dirs ] ... ]

DESCRIPTION

       fc-cat reads the font information from cache files or related to font directories and emits it in ASCII form.

OPTIONS

       This  program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included
       below.

       -r     Recurse into subdirectories.

       -v     Be verbose.

       -h     Show summary of options.

       -V     Show version of the program and exit.

SEE ALSO

       fc-cache(1) fc-list(1) fc-match(1) fc-pattern(1) fc-query(1) fc-scan(1)

       The fontconfig user's guide, in HTML format: /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Patrick Lam <plam@mit.edu>.

								   Aug 13, 2008 							 FC-CAT(1)