tldr/pages/common/cat.md

# cat

> Print and concatenate files.
> More information: <https://manned.org/cat.1posix>.

- Print the contents of a file to `stdout`:

`cat {{path/to/file}}`

- Concatenate several files into an output file:

`cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/output_file}}`

- Append several files to an output file:

`cat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} >> {{path/to/output_file}}`

- Copy the contents of a file into an output file without buffering:

`cat -u {{/dev/tty12}} > {{/dev/tty13}}`

- Write `stdin` to a file:

`cat - > {{path/to/file}}`