jcat / jtool cat

jcat is a command-line tool used to send the contents of a file to stdout or another file.

If you have run jtool install, you can run it with the command jcat. You can also run it with the command jtool cat.

Note: For installation instructions, see jtool.

Syntax

Argument	Default	Description
-h, -?, -help		Shows help.
-l <loglevel>	${JCS_LOGLEVEL:-info}	Sets the logging level. Defaults to the environment variable ${JCS_LOGLEVEL}, or info if the environment variable is not set.
-f <logfile>	${JCS_LOGFILE:-stderr}	Log to file instead of stderr. Defaults to the environment variable ${JCS_LOGFILE}, or stderr if the environment variable is not set.
-o -output <output_file>	stdout	The output file to stream the contents to.
-log		Writes to the log file at log level INFO.
<file>[ <file1>]*		The file(s) to read.

Example

This example concatenates the contents of two files (/tmp/input1.txt and /tmp/input2.txt) into output.txt.