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Today, I will talk to you about how to use the cat command in the linux system, many people may not know much about it. In order to make you understand better, the editor has summarized the following content for you. I hope you can get something according to this article.

What is Linux system Linux is a free-to-use and free-spread UNIX-like operating system, is a POSIX-based multi-user, multi-task, multi-threaded and multi-CPU operating system, using Linux can run major Unix tools, applications and network protocols.

1. Command format:

Cat [options] [files]...

2. Command function:

Cat has three main functions:

1. Show the entire file at once: cat filename

two。 Create a file from the keyboard: cat > filename can only create new files, not edit existing files.

3. Merge several files into one file: cat file1 file2 > file

3. Command parameters:

-A,-- show-all is equivalent to-vET

-b,-- number-nonblank to the non-empty outgoing line number

-e is equivalent to-vE

-E,-- show-ends displays $at the end of each line

-n,-- number numbers all lines of output, starting with 1, numbers all lines of output

-s,-- squeeze-blank has more than two blank lines in a row, so replace it with a blank line

-t is equivalent to-vT

-T,-- show-tabs displays tabbed characters as ^ I.

-u (ignored)

-v,-- show-nonprinting uses ^ and M-references, except for LFD and TAB

4. Use an example:

Example 1: enter the contents of the log2012.log file with a line number into the log2013.log file

Command:

Cat-n log2012.log log2013.log

Output:

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The code is as follows:

[root@localhost test] # cat log2012.log

2012-01

2012-02

= [root@localhost test] # cat log2013.log

2013-01

2013-02

2013-03

= [root@localhost test] # cat-n log2012.log log2013.log

1 2012-01

2 2012-02

three

four

5 =

6 2013-01

7 2013-02

eight

nine

10 2013-03

11 = [root@localhost test] #

Description:

Example 2: append the contents of log2012.log and log2013.log files to log.log after adding line numbers (blank lines are not added).

Command:

Cat-b log2012.log log2013.log log.log

Output:

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The code is as follows:

[root@localhost test] # cat-b log2012.log log2013.log log.log

1 2012-01

2 2012-02

3 =

4 2013-01

5 2013-02

6 2013-03

7 = [root@localhost test] #

Example 3: enter the contents of the log2012.log file with a line number into the log.log file

Command:

Output:

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The code is as follows:

[root@localhost test] # cat log.log

[root@localhost test] # cat-n log2012.log > log.log

[root@localhost test] # cat-n log.log

1 2012-01

2 2012-02

three

four

5 =

[root@localhost test] #

Example 4: use here doc to generate files

Output:

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The code is as follows:

[root@localhost test] # cat > log.txt World

> Linux

> PWD=$ (pwd)

> EOF

[root@localhost test] # ls-l log.txt

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37 10-28 17:07 log.txt

[root@localhost test] # cat log.txt

Hello

World

Linux

PWD=/opt/soft/test

[root@localhost test] #

Description:

Note that in bold, here doc can do string substitution.

Note:

Tac (shown in reverse)

Command:

Tac log.txt

Output:

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The code is as follows:

[root@localhost test] # tac log.txt

PWD=/opt/soft/test

Linux

World

Hello

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