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| author | wosch <wosch@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-08-22 16:54:12 +0000 |
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| committer | wosch <wosch@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-08-22 16:54:12 +0000 |
| commit | c6af317793e3e94fd8c4736dafd6665fbd46eb10 (patch) | |
| tree | 9f0b35b01b5dee19aa70791a04c4c0164d2cfd1a /bin/cat | |
| parent | 96f4635dfa3f6ac020a752c841e714562b48db55 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-c6af317793e3e94fd8c4736dafd6665fbd46eb10.zip FreeBSD-src-c6af317793e3e94fd8c4736dafd6665fbd46eb10.tar.gz | |
[HISTORY]
cat command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX, not Version 6
Apparently the cat man page was the first written man page
Obtained from: A Quarter Century of UNIX, Peter H. Salus
[BUGS]
fix a typo
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/cat')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/cat/cat.1 | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bin/cat/cat.1 b/bin/cat/cat.1 index 05402f2..b5f4696 100644 --- a/bin/cat/cat.1 +++ b/bin/cat/cat.1 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)cat.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/29/93 -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id: cat.1,v 1.2 1994/09/24 02:53:25 davidg Exp $ .\" .Dd June 29, 1993 .Dt CAT 1 @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. .Sh BUGS Because of the shell language mechanism used to perform output redirection, the command -.Dq Li cat file1 file 2 > file1 +.Dq Li cat file1 file2 > file1 will cause the original data in file1 to be destroyed! .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr head 1 , @@ -119,4 +119,8 @@ will cause the original data in file1 to be destroyed! .Sh HISTORY A .Nm -command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. +command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX. +Dennis Ritchie designed and wrote the first man page. +It appears to have been +.Xr cat 1 . + |
