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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CAT 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: cat, read \- catenate files
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B cat
        !             6: [
        !             7: .I file ...
        !             8: ]
        !             9: .br
        !            10: .B read
        !            11: [
        !            12: .I file
        !            13: ]
        !            14: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            15: .I Cat
        !            16: reads each
        !            17: .I file
        !            18: in sequence and writes it on the standard output.
        !            19: Thus
        !            20: .IP
        !            21: .L
        !            22: cat file
        !            23: .LP
        !            24: prints a file and
        !            25: .IP
        !            26: .L
        !            27: cat file1 file2 >file3
        !            28: .LP
        !            29: concatenates the first two files and places the result
        !            30: on the third.
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: If no
        !            33: .I file
        !            34: is given,
        !            35: .I cat 
        !            36: reads from the standard input.
        !            37: Output is buffered in blocks matching the input.
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: .I Read
        !            40: copies one line from the named file
        !            41: to standard output.
        !            42: It is useful in interactive
        !            43: .IR rc (1)
        !            44: scripts.
        !            45: .SH SOURCE
        !            46: .B /sys/src/cmd/cat.c
        !            47: .br
        !            48: .B /sys/src/cmd/read.c
        !            49: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            50: .IR cp (1)
        !            51: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            52: .I Read
        !            53: exits with status
        !            54: .B eof
        !            55: on end of file.
        !            56: .SH BUGS
        !            57: Beware of
        !            58: .L "cat a b >a"
        !            59: and
        !            60: .LR "cat a b >b" ,
        !            61: which
        !            62: destroy input files before reading them.

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