CAT(1) |STAT July 16, 1986 NAME cat - concatenate files by printing them one after another SYNOPSIS cat [files] [-] DESCRIPTION cat prints its argument files one after the other. The special file name - is taken to mean the standard input; this allows inserting the standard input in between a series of files. If not files are named, the standard input is read. EXAMPLES cat a b c # print files a, b, and c on the standard output echo ----- | cat a - b # print a, a line, and b NOTE This program is supplied for systems that do not have cat or some other program to join a series of files. It is a bare bones version with no options.