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.\" @(#)cat.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 5/2/95
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.Nd concatenate and print files from a file system image through rump
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utility reads files sequentially, writing them to the standard output. The
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operands are absolute path in the
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file system image contained in
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and are processed in command line order.
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is just a verbose synonym for
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The options are as follows:
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option but doesn't number blank lines.
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option, and displays a dollar sign
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at the end of each line
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Number the output lines, starting at 1.
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Squeeze multiple adjacent empty lines, causing the output to be
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option, and displays tab characters as
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Displays non-printing characters so they are visible.
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Control characters print as
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for control-X; the delete
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character (octal 0177) prints as
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Non-ascii characters (with the high bit set) are printed as
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(for meta) followed by the character for the low 7 bits.
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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.Ic fsu_cat cd9660 cd9660_image.iso file1
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will print the contents of
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to the standard output.
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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.Ic fsu_cat ufs ufs_image.iso file1 file2 \*[Gt] file3
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will sequentially print the contents of
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if it already exists.
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See the manual page for your shell (i.e.,
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for more information on redirection.