cat - concatenate files

cat [-] [file...]

Description

The cat command reads each file in sequence and writes it on the standard output. The following command prints the file to standard output:

	cat file

The following command concatenates two files into a third:

	cat file1 file2 >file3

If no file is given, or if minus (-) is given as an argument cat reads from the standard input.

Beware of cat a b >a and cat a b >b, which destroy input files before reading them.