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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" @(#)cat.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 5/2/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd March 21, 2004
+.Dd Jaunary 29, 2013
.Dt CAT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
.Nd concatenate and print files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl benstuv
+.Op Fl belnstuv
.Op Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ Display non-printing characters (see the
option), and display a dollar sign
.Pq Ql \&$
at the end of each line.
+.It Fl l
+Set an exclusive advisory lock on the standard output file descriptor.
+This lock is set using
+.Xr fcntl 2
+with the
+.Dv F_SETLKW
+command.
+If the output file is already locked,
+.Nm
+will block until the lock is acquired.
.It Fl n
Number the output lines, starting at 1.
.It Fl s
@@ -160,6 +170,7 @@ operand.
.Xr tail 1 ,
.Xr vis 1 ,
.Xr zcat 1 ,
+.Xr fcntl 2 ,
.Xr setbuf 3
.Rs
.%A Rob Pike
@@ -175,7 +186,7 @@ utility is compliant with the
specification.
.Pp
The flags
-.Op Fl benstv
+.Op Fl belnstv
are extensions to the specification.
.Sh HISTORY
A
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