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vb cat [OPTIONS] FILENAME ...

Description

Print the content of one or more files as they exist in the repository. The version currently checked out is shown by default. Use -r to specify another version.

Options

-o, --out OUTFILE

For exactly one FILENAME, write to OUTFILE

-R, --repository REPO

Extract artifacts from repository REPO

-r VERSION

The specific check-in containing the file

Examples

• Init and open a repository

$ vb init cat_repo.vbyte
project-id: 705780628211a78c6f5676eee6e8dca2c4763e09
server-id:  c051593813c5d28cba94cd44aa986685b3468055
admin-user: ubuntu (initial remote-access password is "WSaMLRbPer")
$ vb open -f cat_repo.vbyte
project-name: <unnamed>
repository:   /tmp/sphinx_tests/1dc8774a/cat_repo/cat_repo.vbyte
local-root:   /tmp/sphinx_tests/1dc8774a/cat_repo/
config-db:    /tmp/sphinx_tests/1dc8774a/.visionbyte
project-code: 705780628211a78c6f5676eee6e8dca2c4763e09
checkout:     b209bf2a5c5498554cec659a27570f12da73ba42 2026-03-24 12:51:05 UTC
tags:         trunk
comment:      initial empty check-in (user: ubuntu)
check-ins:    1

• Create and write a text file

$ vb sys echo "alpha" > readme.txt

• Add and commit a text file

$ vb add readme.txt
ADDED  readme.txt
$ vb commit -m "content"
Committed version: d50addf454c789ba44a69001da1862ee2f174f171f943ce3c7f8a73926058927

• Show repository version of a file

$ vb cat readme.txt
alpha

See Also

See also

finfo