Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: UNIX NAME ABBREVIATIONS Message-ID: <6746@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: Thu, 26-Nov-87 03:04:25 EST Article-I.D.: brl-smok.6746 Posted: Thu Nov 26 03:04:25 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 15:00:14 EST References: <10376@brl-adm.ARPA> <16550@topaz.rutgers.edu> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 7 In article <3074@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP> barnett@steinmetz.UUCP (Bruce G Barnett) writes: >I thought cat was short for > Concatenate All Text >But perhaps this is another 'revisionist' attempt to clarify the jargon? Must be; "cat" has nothing to do with text. Files of any type can be catenated with "cat".