plan9 man page for cat

CAT(1)							      General Commands Manual							    CAT(1)

NAME
       cat, read - catenate files

SYNOPSIS
       cat [ file ...  ]
       read [ file ]

DESCRIPTION
       Cat reads each file in sequence and writes it on the standard output.  Thus

	      cat file

       prints a file and

	      cat file1 file2 >file3

       concatenates the first two files and places the result on the third.

       If no file is given, cat reads from the standard input.	Output is buffered in blocks matching the input.

       Read copies one line from the named file to standard output.  It is useful in interactive rc(1) scripts.

SOURCE
       /sys/src/cmd/cat.c
       /sys/src/cmd/read.c

SEE ALSO
       cp(1)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Read exits with status eof on end of file.

BUGS
       Beware of and which destroy input files before reading them.

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