Linux cat Command

In this tutorial we learn how to use cat commmand in Linux. cat command is cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output

What is Linux cat Command?  

In this tutorial we learn how to use cat command in Linux. cat command is cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output

cat Syntax  

       cat [OPTION]... [FILE]...

cat Examples  

cat Command Manual / Help  

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of cat command.

cat command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for cat command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man cat

To open info page for cat command we can use command below.

info cat

To open help page from cat command we can run command below.

cat --help

Linux cat Command Source Code  

You can find cat command source code from the folowing repositories:

Related Linux Commands  

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary  

In this tutorial we learn how to use cat in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.