vcat(USP)

Name

vcat : Concatenates files vertically

Synopsis

Usage   : vcat [-<n>] file1 file2 ...

Version : Wed Sep 19 13:56:03 JST 2018

Edition : 2

Description

Vertically concatenates multiple files specified as arguments.

Example 1

(File 1: file1)

                      ---Test Results---

ID      Name         Age Gender   A  B C D E

(File 2: file2)

0000008 Darwin_____   50    F     52 91 44  9 0

0000009 Curie______   68    F     60 89 33 18  6

0000010 Tesla______   50    F     95 60 35 93 76

0000011 Chandra____   55    F     92 56 83 96 75

$ vcat file1 file2 > file3

(file3)

                      ---Test Results---

ID      Name         Age Gender   A  B C D E

0000008 Darwin_____   50    F     52 91 44  9 0

0000009 Curie______   68    F     60 89 33 18  6

0000010 Tesla______   50    F     95 60 35 93 76

0000011 Chandra____   55    F     92 56 83 96 75

Example 2

Use the "-<n>" option to open up <n> number of lines in between

the concatenated files.

Leave two blank lines when concatenating

$ vcat -2 file1 file2 > file3

(file3)

                      ---Test Results---

ID      Name         Age Gender   A  B C D E

                      <- 2 blank lines

0000008 Darwin_____   50    F     52 91 44  9 0

0000009 Curie______   68    F     60 89 33 18  6

0000010 Tesla______   50    F     95 60 35 93 76

0000011 Chandra____   55    F     92 56 83 96 75

Example 3

To read one file from standard input, speciry that file as "-".

$ cat file1 | vcat - file2 > file3