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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.50.1.
.TH CAT "1" "February 2026" "GNU coreutils 9.10" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
cat \- concatenate files and print on the standard output
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cat
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,FILE\/\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
Concatenate FILE(s) to standard output.
.PP
With no FILE, or when FILE is \-, read standard input.
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#cat-A'\fB\-A, \-\-show\-all\fP\X'tty: link'
equivalent to \fB\-vET\fR
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#cat-b'\fB\-b, \-\-number\-nonblank\fP\X'tty: link'
number nonempty output lines, overrides \fB\-n\fR
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#cat-e'\fB\-e\fP\X'tty: link'
equivalent to \fB\-vE\fR
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#cat-E'\fB\-E, \-\-show\-ends\fP\X'tty: link'
display $ or ^M$ at end of each line
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#cat-n'\fB\-n, \-\-number\fP\X'tty: link'
number all output lines
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#cat-s'\fB\-s, \-\-squeeze\-blank\fP\X'tty: link'
suppress repeated empty output lines
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#cat-t'\fB\-t\fP\X'tty: link'
equivalent to \fB\-vT\fR
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#cat-T'\fB\-T, \-\-show\-tabs\fP\X'tty: link'
display TAB characters as ^I
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#cat-u'\fB\-u\fP\X'tty: link'
(ignored)
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#cat-v'\fB\-v, \-\-show\-nonprinting\fP\X'tty: link'
use ^ and M\- notation, except for LFD and TAB
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cat#cat--help'\fB\-\-help\fP\X'tty: link'
display this help and exit
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cat#cat--version'\fB\-\-version\fP\X'tty: link'
output version information and exit
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
cat f \- g
Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's contents.
.TP
cat
Copy standard input to standard output.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBtac\fP(1)
.PP
.br
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cat>
.br
or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) cat invocation\(aq
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