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Cat is a command to concatenate or just print files.. here is an example
Cat is a command to concatenate or just print files.. here is an example


  cat SHH.yt | head
  cat file | head


which would pipe the file SHH.yt to the program head.
which would pipe the file "file" to the program head.


An example improved cat would the following shell syntax:
An example improved cat would the following shell syntax:
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  done
  done


The above serves as a rudamentary cat, when it's missing in a s(h)y[st]em.
The above serves as a rudamentary cat, when it's missing in a system.

Revision as of 03:32, 6 June 2007

Cat is a command to concatenate or just print files.. here is an example

cat file | head

which would pipe the file "file" to the program head.

An example improved cat would the following shell syntax:

#!/bin/sh

while : ; do
 read i
 echo $i
done

The above serves as a rudamentary cat, when it's missing in a system.