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From:	Andreas Schwab
Subject:	Re: Why doesn't "cat" print content of a file to standard output if the content is only a number ?
Date:	Sun, 14 Sep 2003 19:40:33 +0200
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vatbier <address@hidden> writes:

> Why this behaviour for "cat" ? "info cat" gives me no clue.
> Is this a bug of "cat" or some sort of feature ?

That has nothing to do with cat, it's just the missing newline.

Andreas.

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