CAT(1) General Commands Manual CAT(1) (NAME) cat - FILE() FILE FILE - . (SYNOPSIS) cat [OPTION]... [FILE]... (DESCRIPTION) FILE() . FILE FILE - . (OPTIONS) -A, --show-all -vET -b, --number-nonblank -n -e -vE -E, --show-ends $ -n, --number -s, --squeeze-blank -t -vT -T, --show-tabs TAB ^I -v, --show-nonprinting ^ M- LF (\n) TAB (\t) -u ( ) -h, --help -V, --version (VERSION) v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0 2026-09-01 CAT(1)