Linux cat Command

In this tutorial we learn how to use cat commmand in Linux. cat command is cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output
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What is Linux cat Command?

In this tutorial we learn how to use cat command in Linux. cat command is cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output

cat Syntax

       cat [OPTION]... [FILE]...

cat Examples

cat Command Manual / Help

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of cat command.

cat command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for cat command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man cat

To open info page for cat command we can use command below.

info cat

To open help page from cat command we can run command below.

cat --help

Linux cat Command Source Code

You can find cat command source code from the folowing repositories:

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to use cat in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.