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<h1> The <tt>s6-cat</tt> program </h1>

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 s6-cat copies stdin to stdout.
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<h2> Interface </h2>

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     s6-cat
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<p>
 s6-cat transfers data from stdin to stdout, until it receives EOF or
gets killed.
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<h2> Notes </h2>

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 On systems that support it (as of 2.0.0.0, only Linux 2.6.17 or later),
s6-cat performs zero-copy transfer.
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<h2> Posixness </h2>

<p>
 s6-cat <strong>is not</strong> suitable as a Single Unix
<a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/cat.html">cat</a>
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