1 /* cat -- concatenate files and print on the standard output.
2 Copyright (C) 1988, 1990-1991, 1995-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Differences from the Unix cat:
18 * Always unbuffered, -u is ignored.
19 * Usually much faster than other versions of cat, the difference
20 is especially apparent when using the -v option.
22 By tege@sics.se, Torbjorn Granlund, advised by rms, Richard Stallman. */
28 #include <sys/types.h>
33 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
37 #include "full-write.h"
39 #include "safe-read.h"
42 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
43 #define PROGRAM_NAME "cat"
46 proper_name_utf8 ("Torbjorn Granlund", "Torbj\303\266rn Granlund"), \
47 proper_name ("Richard M. Stallman")
49 /* Name of input file. May be "-". */
50 static char const *infile
;
52 /* Descriptor on which input file is open. */
53 static int input_desc
;
55 /* Buffer for line numbers.
56 An 11 digit counter may overflow within an hour on a P2/466,
57 an 18 digit counter needs about 1000y */
58 #define LINE_COUNTER_BUF_LEN 20
59 static char line_buf
[LINE_COUNTER_BUF_LEN
] =
61 ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ',
62 ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', '0',
66 /* Position in `line_buf' where printing starts. This will not change
67 unless the number of lines is larger than 999999. */
68 static char *line_num_print
= line_buf
+ LINE_COUNTER_BUF_LEN
- 8;
70 /* Position of the first digit in `line_buf'. */
71 static char *line_num_start
= line_buf
+ LINE_COUNTER_BUF_LEN
- 3;
73 /* Position of the last digit in `line_buf'. */
74 static char *line_num_end
= line_buf
+ LINE_COUNTER_BUF_LEN
- 3;
76 /* Preserves the `cat' function's local `newlines' between invocations. */
77 static int newlines2
= 0;
82 if (status
!= EXIT_SUCCESS
)
83 fprintf (stderr
, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
88 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
92 Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output.\n\
94 -A, --show-all equivalent to -vET\n\
95 -b, --number-nonblank number nonempty output lines, overrides -n\n\
96 -e equivalent to -vE\n\
97 -E, --show-ends display $ at end of each line\n\
98 -n, --number number all output lines\n\
99 -s, --squeeze-blank suppress repeated empty output lines\n\
102 -t equivalent to -vT\n\
103 -T, --show-tabs display TAB characters as ^I\n\
105 -v, --show-nonprinting use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB\n\
107 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
108 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
111 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
116 %s f - g Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's contents.\n\
117 %s Copy standard input to standard output.\n\
119 program_name
, program_name
);
120 emit_ancillary_info ();
125 /* Compute the next line number. */
130 char *endp
= line_num_end
;
137 while (endp
>= line_num_start
);
138 if (line_num_start
> line_buf
)
139 *--line_num_start
= '1';
142 if (line_num_start
< line_num_print
)
146 /* Plain cat. Copies the file behind `input_desc' to STDOUT_FILENO.
147 Return true if successful. */
151 /* Pointer to the buffer, used by reads and writes. */
154 /* Number of characters preferably read or written by each read and write
158 /* Actual number of characters read, and therefore written. */
161 /* Loop until the end of the file. */
165 /* Read a block of input. */
167 n_read
= safe_read (input_desc
, buf
, bufsize
);
168 if (n_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
170 error (0, errno
, "%s", infile
);
174 /* End of this file? */
179 /* Write this block out. */
182 /* The following is ok, since we know that 0 < n_read. */
184 if (full_write (STDOUT_FILENO
, buf
, n
) != n
)
185 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("write error"));
190 /* Write any pending output to STDOUT_FILENO.
191 Pending is defined to be the *BPOUT - OUTBUF bytes starting at OUTBUF.
192 Then set *BPOUT to OUTPUT if it's not already that value. */
195 write_pending (char *outbuf
, char **bpout
)
197 size_t n_write
= *bpout
- outbuf
;
200 if (full_write (STDOUT_FILENO
, outbuf
, n_write
) != n_write
)
201 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("write error"));
206 /* Cat the file behind INPUT_DESC to the file behind OUTPUT_DESC.
207 Return true if successful.
208 Called if any option more than -u was specified.
210 A newline character is always put at the end of the buffer, to make
211 an explicit test for buffer end unnecessary. */
215 /* Pointer to the beginning of the input buffer. */
218 /* Number of characters read in each read call. */
221 /* Pointer to the beginning of the output buffer. */
224 /* Number of characters written by each write call. */
227 /* Variables that have values according to the specified options. */
228 bool show_nonprinting
,
231 bool number_nonblank
,
235 /* Last character read from the input buffer. */
238 /* Pointer to the next character in the input buffer. */
241 /* Pointer to the first non-valid byte in the input buffer, i.e. the
242 current end of the buffer. */
245 /* Pointer to the position where the next character shall be written. */
248 /* Number of characters read by the last read call. */
251 /* Determines how many consecutive newlines there have been in the
252 input. 0 newlines makes NEWLINES -1, 1 newline makes NEWLINES 1,
253 etc. Initially 0 to indicate that we are at the beginning of a
254 new line. The "state" of the procedure is determined by
256 int newlines
= newlines2
;
259 /* If nonzero, use the FIONREAD ioctl, as an optimization.
260 (On Ultrix, it is not supported on NFS file systems.) */
261 bool use_fionread
= true;
264 /* The inbuf pointers are initialized so that BPIN > EOB, and thereby input
265 is read immediately. */
276 /* Write if there are at least OUTSIZE bytes in OUTBUF. */
278 if (outbuf
+ outsize
<= bpout
)
281 size_t remaining_bytes
;
284 if (full_write (STDOUT_FILENO
, wp
, outsize
) != outsize
)
285 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("write error"));
287 remaining_bytes
= bpout
- wp
;
289 while (outsize
<= remaining_bytes
);
291 /* Move the remaining bytes to the beginning of the
294 memmove (outbuf
, wp
, remaining_bytes
);
295 bpout
= outbuf
+ remaining_bytes
;
298 /* Is INBUF empty? */
302 bool input_pending
= false;
306 /* Is there any input to read immediately?
307 If not, we are about to wait,
308 so write all buffered output before waiting. */
311 && ioctl (input_desc
, FIONREAD
, &n_to_read
) < 0)
313 /* Ultrix returns EOPNOTSUPP on NFS;
314 HP-UX returns ENOTTY on pipes.
315 SunOS returns EINVAL and
316 More/BSD returns ENODEV on special files
318 Irix-5 returns ENOSYS on pipes. */
319 if (errno
== EOPNOTSUPP
|| errno
== ENOTTY
320 || errno
== EINVAL
|| errno
== ENODEV
322 use_fionread
= false;
325 error (0, errno
, _("cannot do ioctl on %s"), quote (infile
));
326 newlines2
= newlines
;
331 input_pending
= true;
335 write_pending (outbuf
, &bpout
);
337 /* Read more input into INBUF. */
339 n_read
= safe_read (input_desc
, inbuf
, insize
);
340 if (n_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
342 error (0, errno
, "%s", infile
);
343 write_pending (outbuf
, &bpout
);
344 newlines2
= newlines
;
349 write_pending (outbuf
, &bpout
);
350 newlines2
= newlines
;
354 /* Update the pointers and insert a sentinel at the buffer
363 /* It was a real (not a sentinel) newline. */
365 /* Was the last line empty?
366 (i.e. have two or more consecutive newlines been read?) */
372 /* Limit this to 2 here. Otherwise, with lots of
373 consecutive newlines, the counter could wrap
374 around at INT_MAX. */
377 /* Are multiple adjacent empty lines to be substituted
378 by single ditto (-s), and this was the second empty
387 /* Are line numbers to be written at empty lines (-n)? */
389 if (number
&& !number_nonblank
)
392 bpout
= stpcpy (bpout
, line_num_print
);
396 /* Output a currency symbol if requested (-e). */
401 /* Output the newline. */
409 /* Are we at the beginning of a line, and line numbers are requested? */
411 if (newlines
>= 0 && number
)
414 bpout
= stpcpy (bpout
, line_num_print
);
417 /* Here CH cannot contain a newline character. */
419 /* The loops below continue until a newline character is found,
420 which means that the buffer is empty or that a proper newline
423 /* If quoting, i.e. at least one of -v, -e, or -t specified,
424 scan for chars that need conversion. */
425 if (show_nonprinting
)
455 *bpout
++ = ch
- 128 + 64;
459 else if (ch
== '\t' && !show_tabs
)
477 /* Not quoting, neither of -v, -e, or -t specified. */
480 if (ch
== '\t' && show_tabs
)
500 main (int argc
, char **argv
)
502 /* Optimal size of i/o operations of output. */
505 /* Optimal size of i/o operations of input. */
508 size_t page_size
= getpagesize ();
510 /* Pointer to the input buffer. */
513 /* Pointer to the output buffer. */
519 /* Index in argv to processed argument. */
522 /* Device number of the output (file or whatever). */
525 /* I-node number of the output. */
528 /* True if the output file should not be the same as any input file. */
529 bool check_redirection
= true;
531 /* Nonzero if we have ever read standard input. */
532 bool have_read_stdin
= false;
534 struct stat stat_buf
;
536 /* Variables that are set according to the specified options. */
538 bool number_nonblank
= false;
539 bool squeeze_blank
= false;
540 bool show_ends
= false;
541 bool show_nonprinting
= false;
542 bool show_tabs
= false;
543 int file_open_mode
= O_RDONLY
;
545 static struct option
const long_options
[] =
547 {"number-nonblank", no_argument
, NULL
, 'b'},
548 {"number", no_argument
, NULL
, 'n'},
549 {"squeeze-blank", no_argument
, NULL
, 's'},
550 {"show-nonprinting", no_argument
, NULL
, 'v'},
551 {"show-ends", no_argument
, NULL
, 'E'},
552 {"show-tabs", no_argument
, NULL
, 'T'},
553 {"show-all", no_argument
, NULL
, 'A'},
554 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL
},
555 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL
},
559 initialize_main (&argc
, &argv
);
560 set_program_name (argv
[0]);
561 setlocale (LC_ALL
, "");
562 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE
, LOCALEDIR
);
563 textdomain (PACKAGE
);
565 /* Arrange to close stdout if we exit via the
566 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR or case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR code.
567 Normally STDOUT_FILENO is used rather than stdout, so
568 close_stdout does nothing. */
569 atexit (close_stdout
);
571 /* Parse command line options. */
573 while ((c
= getopt_long (argc
, argv
, "benstuvAET", long_options
, NULL
))
580 number_nonblank
= true;
585 show_nonprinting
= true;
593 squeeze_blank
= true;
598 show_nonprinting
= true;
602 /* We provide the -u feature unconditionally. */
606 show_nonprinting
= true;
610 show_nonprinting
= true;
623 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR
;
625 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME
, AUTHORS
);
628 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
632 /* Get device, i-node number, and optimal blocksize of output. */
634 if (fstat (STDOUT_FILENO
, &stat_buf
) < 0)
635 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("standard output"));
637 outsize
= io_blksize (stat_buf
);
638 /* Input file can be output file for non-regular files.
639 fstat on pipes returns S_IFSOCK on some systems, S_IFIFO
640 on others, so the checking should not be done for those types,
641 and to allow things like cat < /dev/tty > /dev/tty, checking
642 is not done for device files either. */
644 if (S_ISREG (stat_buf
.st_mode
))
646 out_dev
= stat_buf
.st_dev
;
647 out_ino
= stat_buf
.st_ino
;
651 check_redirection
= false;
652 #ifdef lint /* Suppress `used before initialized' warning. */
658 if (! (number
|| show_ends
|| squeeze_blank
))
660 file_open_mode
|= O_BINARY
;
661 if (O_BINARY
&& ! isatty (STDOUT_FILENO
))
662 xfreopen (NULL
, "wb", stdout
);
665 /* Check if any of the input files are the same as the output file. */
675 infile
= argv
[argind
];
677 if (STREQ (infile
, "-"))
679 have_read_stdin
= true;
680 input_desc
= STDIN_FILENO
;
681 if ((file_open_mode
& O_BINARY
) && ! isatty (STDIN_FILENO
))
682 xfreopen (NULL
, "rb", stdin
);
686 input_desc
= open (infile
, file_open_mode
);
689 error (0, errno
, "%s", infile
);
695 if (fstat (input_desc
, &stat_buf
) < 0)
697 error (0, errno
, "%s", infile
);
701 insize
= io_blksize (stat_buf
);
703 /* Compare the device and i-node numbers of this input file with
704 the corresponding values of the (output file associated with)
705 stdout, and skip this input file if they coincide. Input
706 files cannot be redirected to themselves. */
708 if (check_redirection
709 && stat_buf
.st_dev
== out_dev
&& stat_buf
.st_ino
== out_ino
710 && (input_desc
!= STDIN_FILENO
))
712 error (0, 0, _("%s: input file is output file"), infile
);
717 /* Select which version of `cat' to use. If any format-oriented
718 options were given use `cat'; otherwise use `simple_cat'. */
720 if (! (number
|| show_ends
|| show_nonprinting
721 || show_tabs
|| squeeze_blank
))
723 insize
= MAX (insize
, outsize
);
724 inbuf
= xmalloc (insize
+ page_size
- 1);
726 ok
&= simple_cat (ptr_align (inbuf
, page_size
), insize
);
730 inbuf
= xmalloc (insize
+ 1 + page_size
- 1);
733 (OUTSIZE - 1 + INSIZE * 4 + LINE_COUNTER_BUF_LEN + PAGE_SIZE - 1)
734 bytes allocated for the output buffer?
736 A test whether output needs to be written is done when the input
737 buffer empties or when a newline appears in the input. After
738 output is written, at most (OUTSIZE - 1) bytes will remain in the
739 buffer. Now INSIZE bytes of input is read. Each input character
740 may grow by a factor of 4 (by the prepending of M-^). If all
741 characters do, and no newlines appear in this block of input, we
742 will have at most (OUTSIZE - 1 + INSIZE * 4) bytes in the buffer.
743 If the last character in the preceding block of input was a
744 newline, a line number may be written (according to the given
745 options) as the first thing in the output buffer. (Done after the
746 new input is read, but before processing of the input begins.)
747 A line number requires seldom more than LINE_COUNTER_BUF_LEN
750 Align the output buffer to a page size boundary, for efficency on
751 some paging implementations, so add PAGE_SIZE - 1 bytes to the
752 request to make room for the alignment. */
754 outbuf
= xmalloc (outsize
- 1 + insize
* 4 + LINE_COUNTER_BUF_LEN
757 ok
&= cat (ptr_align (inbuf
, page_size
), insize
,
758 ptr_align (outbuf
, page_size
), outsize
, show_nonprinting
,
759 show_tabs
, number
, number_nonblank
, show_ends
,
768 if (!STREQ (infile
, "-") && close (input_desc
) < 0)
770 error (0, errno
, "%s", infile
);
774 while (++argind
< argc
);
776 if (have_read_stdin
&& close (STDIN_FILENO
) < 0)
777 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("closing standard input"));
779 exit (ok
? EXIT_SUCCESS
: EXIT_FAILURE
);