Cisco Systems 1.0 (1) How to Use the CAT Utility, To Access CAT from the Dashboard, Using CAT

How to Use the CAT Utility

Use the CAT utility to display, print, and combine files.

To Access CAT from the Dashboard

To run CAT from the Support Tools Dashboard:

1.Use the System Select screen to select the system you want to work with.

2.From the Dashboard menu, select Common Tools > CAT.

3.In the Arguments field, enter desired arguments, as described in the Using section below.

Note: When entering arguments, the CAT command is already implied. Do not enter it in the Arguments field.

4.Specify the command duration time or accept the default (60 seconds). This is the amount of time the command will attempt to run before terminating.

5.If desired, check Elevate Command Priority. This ensures the command will run regardless of the level of server activity.

6.Click the Run button.

Using CAT

Syntax

cat [ -usx? ] [ -v [-t] [-e] ] file1 ...

Command Line Options

The options for CAT are:

-u: output characters one at a time, not a line at a time.

-s: be silent about non-existent files.

-v: visible mode - display control characters as ^<char> (except for tabs, new-lines, and form-feeds) and chars with the 8th bit set as M-<char>.

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