--- cci/usr/src/man/man1/cat.1 2019/07/28 12:24:19 1.1 +++ cci/usr/src/man/man1/cat.1 2019/07/28 12:26:52 1.1.1.2 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .TH CAT 1 "18 January 1983" .UC 4 .SH NAME -cat \- catenate and print +cat \- concatenate and print .SH SYNOPSIS .B cat [ @@ -31,9 +31,13 @@ cat file1 file2 >file3 .PP concatenates the first two files and places the result on the third. .PP -If no input file is given, or if the argument `\-' is encountered, -.I cat -reads from the standard input file. +If the +.I file +is omitted or supplied as '\-', then the standard input is used. A file name of '\-' may also be used in a series of file names, as in: +.PP +.ti+15n + cat -n filename1 - filename2. +.PP Output is buffered in 1024-byte blocks unless the standard output is a terminal, in which case it is line buffered. The .B \-u @@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ option omits the line numbers from blank .PP The .B \-s -option crushes out multiple adjacent empty lines so that the +option deletes adjacent empty lines so that the output is displayed single spaced. .PP The