CAT(1) General Commands Manual CAT(1)

cat - Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

cat [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

equivalent to -vET
number nonempty output lines, overrides -n
equivalent to -vE
display $ at end of each line
number all output lines
suppress repeated empty output lines
equivalent to -vT
display TAB characters at ^I
use ^ and M- notation, except for LF (\n) and TAB (\t)
(ignored)
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v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0

2026-09-01