.TH CAT 1L "GNU Text Utilities" "FSF" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
cat \- concatenate files and print on the standard output
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cat
[\-benstuvAET] [\-\-number] [\-\-number-nonblank] [\-\-squeeze-blank]
[\-\-show-nonprinting] [\-\-show-ends] [\-\-show-tabs] [\-\-show-all]
[\-\-help] [\-\-version]
[file...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page
documents the GNU version of
.BR cat .
.B cat
writes the contents of each given file, or the standard input if
none are given or when a file named `\-' is given, to the standard
output.
.SS OPTIONS
.TP
.I "\-b, \-\-number-nonblank"
Number all nonblank output lines, starting with 1.
.TP
.I \-e
Equivalent to
.IR \-vE .
.TP
.I "\-n, \-\-number"
Number all output lines, starting with 1.
.TP
.I "\-s, \-\-squeeze-blank"
Replace multiple adjacent blank lines with a single blank line.
.TP
.I \-t
Equivalent to
.IR \-vT .
.TP
.I \-u
Ignored; for Unix compatibility.
.TP
.I "\-v, \-\-show-nonprinting"
Display control characters except for LFD and TAB using `^' notation
and precede characters that have the high bit set with `M-'.
.TP
.I "\-A, \-\-show-all"
Equivalent to
.IR \-vET .
.TP
.I "\-E, \-\-show-ends"
Display a `$' after the end of each line.
.TP
.I "\-T, \-\-show-tabs"
Display TAB characters as `^I'.
.TP
.I "\-\-help"
Print a usage message and exit with a non-zero status.
.TP
.I "\-\-version"
Print version information on standard error then exit.