Section 1 · User commands

ostree-cat.1

Package: ostree

OSTREE CAT

NAME

ostree-cat − Display or concatenate contents of files

SYNOPSIS


	ostree cat {COMMIT} {PATH…}

DESCRIPTION

This command functions much like the typical Unix “cat” command, in that it displays the contents of a file, or concatenates them given two or more files. However, this command requires the user to specify a commit − a checksum or refspec corresponding to a given build. If you use a refspec, OSTree will refer to the most recent commit, unless you specify a parent build using the carat (^) at the end of the refspec. It will then operate the command in that given commit.

EXAMPLE

$ ostree cat my−branch helloworld.txt

Hello, world!