Unix in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

Name

cat

Synopsis

svn cat target ...

Output the contents of the specified files or URLs. For listing the contents of directories, see svn list.

Alternate Names:	None
Changes:	Nothing
Accesses Repository:	Yes

Options

--config-dir dir	--password pass
--no-auth-cache	--revisionrev, -rrev
--non-interactive	--username user

Examples

To view readme.txt in your repository without checking it out:

    $ svn cat http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/test/readme.txt
    This is a README file.
    You should read this.

Tip

If your working copy is out of date (or if you have local modifications) and you want to see the HEAD revision of a file in your working copy, svn cat automatically fetches the HEAD revision when you give it a path:

    $ cat foo.c
    This file is in my local working copy
    and has changes that I've made.

    $ svn cat foo.c
    Latest revision fresh from the repository!