import java.io.*;

public class Cat
// Cat after cat as in conCATenate a file, try Unix: man cat
 {
   public static void  main(String[] argv)
   { System.out.println("#--- Cat.java, L.Allison ---");

     for(int i=0; i < argv.length; i++) // command line params if any
        System.out.print("# argv[" + i + "]=" + argv[i] + "\n");


     if( argv.length <= 0 )
        { System.out.println( "failed: no file given" );
          System.exit(1);
        }


     try{ File inputFile = new File( argv[0] );
          FileReader in  = new FileReader(inputFile);
          int c;
          while ((c = in.read()) != -1)       // read a character and
             System.out.print( (char) c );    // print it
        }
     catch(Exception e)
        { System.out.println( "failed: " + e.getMessage());
          System.exit(1);
        }


     System.out.println("#--- end ---");
   }//main

 }//Cat class

// October 2002, L.Allison.
// Released under GNU General Public Licence (GPL) ver.2, 1991.
// http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html