Viewing a File - cat

• Three forms:

  • Read each file in sequence and display it on standard output.
    • host% cat file1 file2
  • Combine files and place result in another.
    • host % cat file1 file2 > file3
  • Make a file from standard input (until ^d)
    • host% cat >file

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