Linux and Unix Shell Programming

cat

Format:

Cat options files 

Option:

-v	to display control characters.

Cat is the most used file pager for text files.

					$ cat myfile
				

Display the file myfile

					$ cat myfile myfile2 >>hold_file
				

The above will combine two files (myfile and myfile2) into one file called hold_file.

					cat dt1 | while read line 
do 
  echo $line 
done
				

Cat is also used to read files in your scripts.