rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_cat.md

---
date: 2017-03-18T11:19:45Z
title: "rclone cat"
slug: rclone_cat
url: /commands/rclone_cat/
---
## rclone cat

Concatenates any files and sends them to stdout.

### Synopsis



rclone cat sends any files to standard output.

You can use it like this to output a single file

    rclone cat remote:path/to/file

Or like this to output any file in dir or subdirectories.

    rclone cat remote:path/to/dir

Or like this to output any .txt files in dir or subdirectories.

    rclone --include "*.txt" cat remote:path/to/dir

Use the --head flag to print characters only at the start, --tail for
the end and --offset and --count to print a section in the middle.
Note that if offset is negative it will count from the end, so
--offset -1 --count 1 is equivalent to --tail 1.


```
rclone cat remote:path
```

### Options

```
      --count int    Only print N characters. (default -1)
      --discard      Discard the output instead of printing.
      --head int     Only print the first N characters.
      --offset int   Start printing at offset N (or from end if -ve).
      --tail int     Only print the last N characters.
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --acd-templink-threshold int        Files >= this size will be downloaded via their tempLink. (default 9G)
      --acd-upload-wait-per-gb duration   Additional time per GB to wait after a failed complete upload to see if it appears. (default 3m0s)
      --ask-password                      Allow prompt for password for encrypted configuration. (default true)
      --b2-chunk-size int                 Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory. (default 96M)
      --b2-test-mode string               A flag string for X-Bz-Test-Mode header.
      --b2-upload-cutoff int              Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 190.735M)
      --b2-versions                       Include old versions in directory listings.
      --backup-dir string                 Make backups into hierarchy based in DIR.
      --buffer-size int                   Buffer size when copying files. (default 16M)
      --bwlimit BwTimetable               Bandwidth limit in kBytes/s, or use suffix b|k|M|G or a full timetable.
      --checkers int                      Number of checkers to run in parallel. (default 8)
  -c, --checksum                          Skip based on checksum & size, not mod-time & size
      --config string                     Config file. (default "/home/ncw/.rclone.conf")
      --contimeout duration               Connect timeout (default 1m0s)
  -L, --copy-links                        Follow symlinks and copy the pointed to item.
      --cpuprofile string                 Write cpu profile to file
      --crypt-show-mapping                For all files listed show how the names encrypt.
      --delete-after                      When synchronizing, delete files on destination after transfering
      --delete-before                     When synchronizing, delete files on destination before transfering
      --delete-during                     When synchronizing, delete files during transfer (default)
      --delete-excluded                   Delete files on dest excluded from sync
      --drive-auth-owner-only             Only consider files owned by the authenticated user. Requires drive-full-list.
      --drive-chunk-size int              Upload chunk size. Must a power of 2 >= 256k. (default 8M)
      --drive-formats string              Comma separated list of preferred formats for downloading Google docs. (default "docx,xlsx,pptx,svg")
      --drive-full-list                   Use a full listing for directory list. More data but usually quicker. (obsolete)
      --drive-list-chunk int              Size of listing chunk 100-1000. 0 to disable. (default 1000)
      --drive-skip-gdocs                  Skip google documents in all listings.
      --drive-upload-cutoff int           Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 8M)
      --drive-use-trash                   Send files to the trash instead of deleting permanently.
      --dropbox-chunk-size int            Upload chunk size. Max 150M. (default 128M)
  -n, --dry-run                           Do a trial run with no permanent changes
      --dump-auth                         Dump HTTP headers with auth info
      --dump-bodies                       Dump HTTP headers and bodies - may contain sensitive info
      --dump-filters                      Dump the filters to the output
      --dump-headers                      Dump HTTP headers - may contain sensitive info
      --exclude stringArray               Exclude files matching pattern
      --exclude-from stringArray          Read exclude patterns from file
      --files-from stringArray            Read list of source-file names from file
  -f, --filter stringArray                Add a file-filtering rule
      --filter-from stringArray           Read filtering patterns from a file
      --ignore-checksum                   Skip post copy check of checksums.
      --ignore-existing                   Skip all files that exist on destination
      --ignore-size                       Ignore size when skipping use mod-time or checksum.
  -I, --ignore-times                      Don't skip files that match size and time - transfer all files
      --include stringArray               Include files matching pattern
      --include-from stringArray          Read include patterns from file
      --log-file string                   Log everything to this file
      --log-level string                  Log level DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "INFO")
      --low-level-retries int             Number of low level retries to do. (default 10)
      --max-age string                    Don't transfer any file older than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y
      --max-depth int                     If set limits the recursion depth to this. (default -1)
      --max-size int                      Don't transfer any file larger than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off)
      --memprofile string                 Write memory profile to file
      --min-age string                    Don't transfer any file younger than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y
      --min-size int                      Don't transfer any file smaller than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off)
      --modify-window duration            Max time diff to be considered the same (default 1ns)
      --no-check-certificate              Do not verify the server SSL certificate. Insecure.
      --no-gzip-encoding                  Don't set Accept-Encoding: gzip.
      --no-traverse                       Don't traverse destination file system on copy.
      --no-update-modtime                 Don't update destination mod-time if files identical.
      --old-sync-method                   Temporary flag to select old sync method
  -x, --one-file-system                   Don't cross filesystem boundaries.
      --onedrive-chunk-size int           Above this size files will be chunked - must be multiple of 320k. (default 10M)
      --onedrive-upload-cutoff int        Cutoff for switching to chunked upload - must be <= 100MB (default 10M)
  -q, --quiet                             Print as little stuff as possible
      --retries int                       Retry operations this many times if they fail (default 3)
      --s3-acl string                     Canned ACL used when creating buckets and/or storing objects in S3
      --s3-storage-class string           Storage class to use when uploading S3 objects (STANDARD|REDUCED_REDUNDANCY|STANDARD_IA)
      --size-only                         Skip based on size only, not mod-time or checksum
      --stats duration                    Interval between printing stats, e.g 500ms, 60s, 5m. (0 to disable) (default 1m0s)
      --stats-unit string                 Show data rate in stats as either 'bits' or 'bytes'/s (default "bytes")
      --suffix string                     Suffix for use with --backup-dir.
      --swift-chunk-size int              Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container. (default 5G)
      --syslog                            Use Syslog for logging
      --syslog-facility string            Facility for syslog, eg KERN,USER,... (default "DAEMON")
      --timeout duration                  IO idle timeout (default 5m0s)
      --track-renames                     When synchronizing, track file renames and do a server side move if possible
      --transfers int                     Number of file transfers to run in parallel. (default 4)
  -u, --update                            Skip files that are newer on the destination.
  -v, --verbose count[=-1]                Print lots more stuff (repeat for more)
```

### SEE ALSO
* [rclone](/commands/rclone/)	 - Sync files and directories to and from local and remote object stores - v1.36

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