cat command usage

cat命令: concatenate files and print on the standard output 连结并输出文件到标准输出。

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语法: cat [OPTION]… [FILE]…

常用选项:

-n:显示行号。行号不是文件内容。
-E:show ends 显示每一行的结束符，linux是$ window是$\n ??
-A:show ALL  显示所有的字符，包括制表符，空格等。

实例：

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$cat test.data 
This is a test file
Test file begin.
This is the first line.
This is the second line.
    This is a tab start line

说明：把文件内容输出到标准输出，可以一次性输出多个文件。

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$ cat -n test.data 
 1  This is a test file
 2  Test file begin.
 3  This is the first line.
 4  This is the second line.
 5          This is a tab start line

说明：输出文件和行号。

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$ cat -E test.data 
This is a test file$
Test file begin.$
This is the first line.$
This is the second line.$
    This is a tab start line$
    
说明：输出文件中每一行的结束符号。

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$ cat -A test.data 
This is a test file$
Test file begin.$
This is the first line.$
This is the second line.$
^IThis is a tab start line$

说明： -A选项，显示文件中所有的字符，制表符，换行符。