.TH CAT 1 .SH NAME cat \- concatenate files and write them to stdout .SH SYNOPSIS \fBcat\fR [\fB\-u\fR]\fR [\fIfile\fR] ...\fR .br .de FL .TP \\fB\\$1\\fR \\$2 .. .de EX .TP 20 \\fB\\$1\\fR # \\$2 .. .SH OPTIONS .FL "\-u" "Unbuffered output" .SH EXAMPLES .EX "cat file" "Display file on the terminal" .EX "cat file1 file2 | lpr" "Concatenate 2 files and print result" .SH DESCRIPTION .PP .I Cat concatenates its input files and copies the result to \fIstdout\fR. If no input file is named, or \- is encountered as a file name, standard input is used. Output is buffered in 512 byte blocks unless the .B \-u flag is given. If you just want to copy a file, \fIcp\fR should be used since it is faster. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR cp (1).
