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- * CAT *
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- * COPYRIGHT 1983 EUGENE H. MALLORY *
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- PROGRAM:
- CAT - Concatenate named files together to produce the output.
- USAGE:
- CAT [<fid] [afn ...] [>fid]
- FUNCTION:
- This accepts a list of file names either on the command line
- or from the standard input. File names in the command line
- may use afn's. File names in the standard input may not be
- wildcarded. The files are read in the order mentioned, command
- line first, then the input, if any. As they are read, they are
- sent to the standard output.
-
- Unless piping is used or the standard input is assigned to a file
- (i.e. <file), only the command line arguments will be used
- as file names.
-
- EXAMPLE:
- CAT *.HLP
- LS *.HLP |CAT
- CAT F1 F2 F3 >FALL
- CAT <FILELIST >ALLLINES
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- Command Line
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- | AMBIGUOUS FILE NAME LIST
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- ______________V______________
- Standard Input | | Standard Output
- FILE NAME LIST | | CONCATENATED TEXT
- ------------------->| CAT |----------------------->
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