GFAL-CAT(1)

✨ NAME ✨

gfal-cat — concatenate a file and print it on the standard output 💖

okay so real talk: this is GFAL-CAT(1), living its best life in the General Commands Manual, and it does exactly what it says on the tin. no cap. 🫶

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

gfal-cat [ OPTION ]...  FILE

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

gfal-cat concatenates a file to standard output. The way that it works is so simple bestie — it literally just opens the file you named and prints every last bit of its contents to stdout. that's the whole vibe. main character energy, zero drama. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -h, --help — show help about the command. 🥰
• -V, --version — output version information and exit. 💅
• -v, --verbose — verbose mode. and bestie, you can repeat this up to 3 times for the most verbose mode. stack it like a true icon. 🔥
• -D, --definition DEFINITION — define properties for gfal2. the syntax is giving: "CONFIG_GROUP:KEY=VALUE" 📝
• -t, --timeout TIMEOUT — global timeout for the execution of the command. if the time expires before it finishes, the command gets interrupted. Note: a grace period of 30 seconds is given to the global timeout, so don't panic immediately, okay? ⏳
• -E, --cert CERT — user certificate. heads up: this option takes effect only after the X509_USER_PROXY environment variable and the default location below cannot provide a certificate. so like, it's the backup plan's backup plan. that default location is:

/tmp/x509up_u`id -u`

• --key KEY — user private key. 🔑
• -4 — forces Gfal2 to use IPv4 addresses only. (option valid only for the GridFTP protocol) 🌐
• -6 — forces Gfal2 to use IPv6 addresses only. (option valid only for the GridFTP protocol) 🌐
• -C, --client-info CLIENT_INFO — provide custom client-side information. 🫶
• --log-file LOG_FILE — write Gfal2 library logs to the given file location. 🗂️
• -b, --bytes — handle file contents as bytes. (only in Python3) 🐍

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

like, here's the moment you've been waiting for:

gfal-cat srm://endpoint.cern.ch/path/file

ate. no crumbs. 🎀

🧚 FILES 🧚

• /etc/gfal2.d/* — All configuration files in this directory affect the behavior of the underlying gfal2. 👑

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the literal legends who built this:

• Duarte Meneses <duarte.meneses@cern.ch>
• Adrien Devresse <adrien.devresse@cern.ch>
• Alejandro Alvarez Ayllon <alejandro.alvarez.ayllon@cern.ch>
• Andrea Manzi <andrea.manzi@cern.ch>
• Mihai Patrascoiu <mihai.patrascoiu@cern.ch>
• Joao Lopes <joao.pedro.batista.lopes@cern.ch>

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go be nosy, bestie — the whole squad is here:

• gfal-cat(1)
• gfal-chmod(1)
• gfal-copy(1)
• gfal-ls(1)
• gfal-mkdir(1)
• gfal-rename(1)
• gfal-rm(1)
• gfal-save(1)
• gfal-stat(1)
• gfal-sum(1)
• gfal-token(1)
• gfal-xattr(1)
• gfal-evict(1)
• gfal-bringonline(1)
• gfal-archivepoll(1)

and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this one's v1.7.1, dated March 2022 — so it's a lil vintage but it still slays, fr fr. mwah, go concatenate something iconic 🌸✨💅