bk cat(7.3ce) BitKeeper User's Manual bk cat(7.3ce)
NAME
bk cat - concatenate and display file contents
SYNOPSIS
bk cat <file> [<file> ...]
DESCRIPTION
bk cat is used to send one or more files to the standard output. It is
used when a file's contents are wanted but the caller does not know if
the file is or is not under revision control or is or is not checked
out.
bk cat differs from the standard UNIX cat command in two ways: a) it
does not support any of the UNIX cat options, and b) if a file is spec-
ified which does not exist, but a corresponding sfile does exist, the
most recent version of sfile is sent to standard output.
The following shell script emulates the bk cat command:
for i in "$@"
do if [ -f $i ]
then cat $i
else # ignore error messages
bk get -kp $i 2>/dev/null
fi
done
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