Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

Name

cat

Synopsis

svn cat target ...

Output the contents of the specified files or URLs. For listing the contents of directories, see svn list.

Alternate names: none

Changes: nothing

Accesses repository: yes

Options

--revision rev, -r rev

Examples

To view readme.txt in your repository without checking it out:

$ svn cat http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/test/readme.txt
This is a README file.
You should read this.

Tip

If your working copy is out of date (or if you have local modifications) and you want to see the HEAD revision of a file in your working copy, svn cat automatically fetches the HEAD revision when you give it a path.

$ cat foo.c
This file is in my local working copy
and has changes that I've made.

$ svn cat foo.c
Latest revision fresh from the repository!