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109 lines
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---
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title: "rclone cat"
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description: "Concatenates any files and sends them to stdout."
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slug: rclone_cat
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url: /commands/rclone_cat/
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groups: Filter,Listing
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versionIntroduced: v1.33
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# autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/cat/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs"
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---
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# rclone cat
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Concatenates any files and sends them to stdout.
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## Synopsis
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rclone cat sends any files to standard output.
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You can use it like this to output a single file
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rclone cat remote:path/to/file
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Or like this to output any file in dir or its subdirectories.
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rclone cat remote:path/to/dir
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Or like this to output any .txt files in dir or its subdirectories.
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rclone --include "*.txt" cat remote:path/to/dir
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Use the `--head` flag to print characters only at the start, `--tail` for
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the end and `--offset` and `--count` to print a section in the middle.
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Note that if offset is negative it will count from the end, so
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`--offset -1 --count 1` is equivalent to `--tail 1`.
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Use the `--separator` flag to print a separator value between files. Be sure to
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shell-escape special characters. For example, to print a newline between
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files, use:
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* bash:
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rclone --include "*.txt" --separator $'\n' cat remote:path/to/dir
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* powershell:
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rclone --include "*.txt" --separator "`n" cat remote:path/to/dir
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```
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rclone cat remote:path [flags]
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```
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## Options
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```
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--count int Only print N characters (default -1)
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--discard Discard the output instead of printing
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--head int Only print the first N characters
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-h, --help help for cat
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--offset int Start printing at offset N (or from end if -ve)
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--separator string Separator to use between objects when printing multiple files
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--tail int Only print the last N characters
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```
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## Filter Options
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Flags for filtering directory listings.
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```
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--delete-excluded Delete files on dest excluded from sync
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--exclude stringArray Exclude files matching pattern
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--exclude-from stringArray Read file exclude patterns from file (use - to read from stdin)
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--exclude-if-present stringArray Exclude directories if filename is present
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--files-from stringArray Read list of source-file names from file (use - to read from stdin)
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--files-from-raw stringArray Read list of source-file names from file without any processing of lines (use - to read from stdin)
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-f, --filter stringArray Add a file filtering rule
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--filter-from stringArray Read file filtering patterns from a file (use - to read from stdin)
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--ignore-case Ignore case in filters (case insensitive)
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--include stringArray Include files matching pattern
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--include-from stringArray Read file include patterns from file (use - to read from stdin)
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--max-age Duration Only transfer files younger than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
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--max-depth int If set limits the recursion depth to this (default -1)
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--max-size SizeSuffix Only transfer files smaller than this in KiB or suffix B|K|M|G|T|P (default off)
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--metadata-exclude stringArray Exclude metadatas matching pattern
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--metadata-exclude-from stringArray Read metadata exclude patterns from file (use - to read from stdin)
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--metadata-filter stringArray Add a metadata filtering rule
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--metadata-filter-from stringArray Read metadata filtering patterns from a file (use - to read from stdin)
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--metadata-include stringArray Include metadatas matching pattern
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--metadata-include-from stringArray Read metadata include patterns from file (use - to read from stdin)
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--min-age Duration Only transfer files older than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
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--min-size SizeSuffix Only transfer files bigger than this in KiB or suffix B|K|M|G|T|P (default off)
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```
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## Listing Options
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Flags for listing directories.
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```
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--default-time Time Time to show if modtime is unknown for files and directories (default 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z)
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--fast-list Use recursive list if available; uses more memory but fewer transactions
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```
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See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here.
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# SEE ALSO
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* [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends.
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