sys cat

vb sys cat [OPTIONS] [FILE] ...

Description

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

Options

-A

Show all (equivalent to -vET)

-b

Number nonempty output lines

-e

Equivalent to -vE

-E

Display $ at end of each line

-n

Number all output lines

-s

Squeeze multiple adjacent blank lines

-t

Equivalent to -vT

-T

Display TAB characters as ^I

-u

Ignored (for compatibility)

-v

Use ^ and M- notation, except for LF and TAB

Examples

• View File Contents: Displays the contents of the file alpha.txt.

$ vb sys echo  "This is test contents of alpha.txt" > alpha.txt
$ vb sys cat alpha.txt
This is test contents of alpha.txt

• Display the contents of multiple files: Displays the contents of alpha.txt and beta.txt at the same time.

$ vb sys echo "This is test contents of beta.txt" > beta.txt
$ vb sys cat beta.txt alpha.txt
This is test contents of beta.txt
This is test contents of alpha.txt

• Connection file: Merge the contents of alpha.txt and beta.txt into gamma.txt.

$ vb sys cat alpha.txt beta.txt > gamma.txt
$ vb sys cat gamma.txt
This is test contents of alpha.txt
This is test contents of beta.txt

• Display line numbers with the -n option: Displays the contents of the file gamma.txt and prefaces each line with a line number.

$ vb sys cat gamma.txt -n
     1	This is test contents of alpha.txt
     2	This is test contents of beta.txt

• Display line terminator with -e option: Displays the contents of the file delta.txt and ends the line with $

$ vb sys echo -e "This is test contents of delta.txt\nSecond lin\nThird line" > delta.txt
$ vb sys cat delta.txt -e
This is test contents of delta.txt$
Second lin$
Third line$

• Show tabs with the -t option: Displays the contents of the file epsilon.txt and uses ^ I for tabs.

$ vb sys echo -e "\ttable This is test contents of epsilon.txt" > epsilon.txt
$ vb sys cat epsilon.txt -t
^Itable This is test contents of epsilon.txt

• Merge blank lines with -s option: Displays the contents of the file zeta.txt and merges consecutive blank lines.

$ vb sys echo -e "This is test contents of zeta.txt\n\n\n\n\nThis is test contents of zeta.txt\n\n\n\n\nThis is test contents of zeta.txt" > zeta.txt
$ vb sys cat zeta.txt -s
This is test contents of zeta.txt

This is test contents of zeta.txt

This is test contents of zeta.txt