Title: Theory / Unimportant / CS / command line / text streaming / cat;
Tags: computer_to_instruction fromCommand fromCommandLine hasNotNewEffectReturnsMeaning some_instruction

Instruction: cat files
Page: man
Effect: print the input on the standard output

Fla: -A
Effect: equivalent to -vET
Page: man
Prefix: cat

Fla: -b
Effect: number nonempty output lines
Page: man
Prefix: cat

Fla: -e
Effect: equivalent to -vE
Page: man
Prefix: cat

Fla: -E
Effect: display $ at end of each line
Page: man
Prefix: cat

Fla: -n
Effect: number all output lines
Page: man
Prefix: cat

Fla: -s
Effect: suppress repeated empty output lines
Page: man
Prefix: cat

Fla: -t
Effect: equivalent to -vT. I.e. display TAB characters as ^I. use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB
Page: man
Prefix: cat

Fla: -T
Effect: display TAB characters as ^I
Page: man
Prefix: cat

Instruction: use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB
Page: man
Effect: -v
Context: cat

Fla: --help
Effect: display help and exit
Page: man
Prefix: cat

Fla: --version
Effect: output version information and exit
Page: man
Prefix: cat

Instruction: files
Page: man
Effect: uses files as input
Context: cat