From a09e5604c5087412b10976c38876d4246233e7d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wolfram Schneider Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 16:54:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [HISTORY] 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 [BUGS] fix a typo --- bin/cat/cat.1 | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/bin/cat/cat.1 b/bin/cat/cat.1 index 05402f22a73b..b5f46965d896 100644 --- a/bin/cat/cat.1 +++ b/bin/cat/cat.1 @@ -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 . +