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<concept xml:lang="en" id="GUID-4576A9FC-10EF-5D3A-9AFC-3BF9CE10EE2F"><title>cat</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody><p><userinput>cat [-OPTION] [FILE]...</userinput> </p> <p>The <codeph>cat</codeph> command is used to concatenate files and print them on a standard output. For more information about using the <codeph>cat</codeph> command, search <xref scope="external" href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi">http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi</xref> by specifying <codeph>cat</codeph> as the search keyword and by selecting the <b>FreeBSD 6.2-Release</b> option from the release list. </p> <p> <b>Note:</b> The <codeph>-v</codeph> option is <b>not</b> supported by the Symbian version of the <codeph>cat</codeph> command: </p> <section><title>Copyright information</title> <p>For information about documentation copyrights associated with the <codeph>cat</codeph> command, see <xref scope="external" href="http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-doc-license.html">http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-doc-license.html</xref>. </p> </section> </conbody></concept>