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.TH CAT 1
.CT 1 files
.SH NAME
cat \- catenate and print
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cat
[
.I file ...
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Cat
reads each
.I file
in sequence and writes it on the standard output.
Thus
.IP
.L
cat file
.LP
prints a file and
.IP
.L
cat file1 file2 >file3
.LP
concatenates the first two files and places the result
on the third.
.PP
If no
.I file
is given, or if the argument
.L -
is encountered,
.I cat 
reads from the standard input.
Output is buffered in blocks matching the input.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR p (1),
.IR pr (1),
.IR cp (1)
.SH BUGS
Beware of
.L "cat a b >a"
and
.LR "cat a b >b" ,
which
destroy input files before reading them.

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