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cat command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX, not Version 6
	Apparently the cat man page was the first written man page

	Obtained from: A Quarter Century of UNIX, Peter H. Salus
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	fix a typo
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Wolfram Schneider 1996-08-22 16:54:12 +00:00
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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)cat.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/29/93
.\" $Id$
.\" $Id: cat.1,v 1.2 1994/09/24 02:53:25 davidg Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 29, 1993
.Dt CAT 1
@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh BUGS
Because of the shell language mechanism used to perform output
redirection, the command
.Dq Li cat file1 file 2 > file1
.Dq Li cat file1 file2 > file1
will cause the original data in file1 to be destroyed!
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr head 1 ,
@ -119,4 +119,8 @@ will cause the original data in file1 to be destroyed!
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm
command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.
command appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX.
Dennis Ritchie designed and wrote the first man page.
It appears to have been
.Xr cat 1 .