cat¶

Concatenate files to standard output.

Synopsis¶

tofu cat [files...] [flags]

Concatenate FILE(s) to standard output. If no files are specified or - is used, read from standard input.

Flag	Short	Description	Default
`--show-all`	`-A`	Equivalent to -vET (show all non-printing chars, ends, and tabs)	`false`
`--number-nonblank`	`-b`	Number non-empty output lines, overrides -n	`false`
`--show-ends`	`-E`	Display $ at end of each line	`false`
`--number`	`-n`	Number all output lines	`false`
`--squeeze-blank`	`-s`	Suppress repeated empty output lines	`false`
`--show-tabs`	`-T`	Display TAB characters as ^I	`false`
`--show-nonprinting`	`-v`	Use ^ and M- notation for non-printing characters	`false`

Display a file:

tofu cat file.txt

Concatenate multiple files:

tofu cat file1.txt file2.txt file3.txt

Number all lines:

tofu cat -n file.txt

Show line endings and tabs:

tofu cat -ET file.txt

Read from stdin and pipe to another command:

echo "hello" | tofu cat -n

Suppress repeated empty lines:

tofu cat -s file_with_blanks.txt