.TH CATF 1 .SH NAME \" Copyright (C) 1989 by Kenneth Almquist. catf \- concatenate files .SH SYNOPSIS .B catf .I file... .SH COPYRIGHT .if n Copyright (C) 1989 by Kenneth Almquist. .if t Copyright \(co 1989 by Kenneth Almquist. .SH DESCRIPTION Catf copies the files specified as arguments to the standard output. As a special case, the file name ``-'' causes .I catf to read from the standard input. .SH "HISTORICAL NOTE" Early versions of UNIX had a program which was very similar to .IR catf . It was named .IR cat .