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From: Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Where is cat?
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 11:37:34 +0100
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Hello.

Steamer wrote:
> These problems can be worked around, but cat is simpler, and shell
> scripts will usually expect it to be available.

You can also replace cat with the following, when you're trying to display
one file:

command /c type file1

But cat is ultimately better, like you say.

Bye,

-- 
Richard Dawe
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