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1.1       root        1: .TH CAT 1
                      2: .CT 1 files
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: cat \- catenate and print
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B cat
                      7: [
                      8: .I file ...
                      9: ]
                     10: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     11: .I Cat
                     12: reads each
                     13: .I file
                     14: in sequence and writes it on the standard output.
                     15: Thus
                     16: .IP
                     17: .L
                     18: cat file
                     19: .LP
                     20: prints a file and
                     21: .IP
                     22: .L
                     23: cat file1 file2 >file3
                     24: .LP
                     25: concatenates the first two files and places the result
                     26: on the third.
                     27: .PP
                     28: If no
                     29: .I file
                     30: is given, or if the argument
                     31: .L -
                     32: is encountered,
                     33: .I cat 
                     34: reads from the standard input.
                     35: Output is buffered in blocks matching the input.
                     36: .SH SEE ALSO
                     37: .IR p (1),
                     38: .IR pr (1),
                     39: .IR cp (1)
                     40: .SH BUGS
                     41: Beware of
                     42: .L "cat a b >a"
                     43: and
                     44: .LR "cat a b >b" ,
                     45: which
                     46: destroy input files before reading them.

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