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| author | cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@gmx.de> | 2012-07-02 17:46:21 +0200 |
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| committer | cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@gmx.de> | 2012-07-02 17:46:21 +0200 |
| commit | bdb228e14ac13eeb34601f7f360692cfd467e945 (patch) | |
| tree | be993be52bbe0e65719c44a705cc819d225c8f3d /sys/man | |
| parent | 44f97f0cb1f3fd07c348ae634cb33c3aa74e64db (diff) | |
read: add -c flag to copy bytes instead of lines
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/man')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/man/1/cat | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/1/cat b/sys/man/1/cat index 837feb7ae..778cb5b42 100644 --- a/sys/man/1/cat +++ b/sys/man/1/cat @@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ cat, read \- catenate files .B -m ] [ .B -n -.I nline +.I nlines +] [ +.B -c +.I nbytes ] [ .I file ... ] @@ -54,9 +57,21 @@ The flag causes it to continue reading and writing multiple lines until end of file; .B -n causes it to read no more than -.I nline +.I nlines lines. .PP +With the +.B -c +flag, +.I read +copies exactly +.I nbytes +of characters instead of lines. It is mutually exclusive with +.B -n +and +.B -m +flag. +.PP .I Read always executes a single .B write |