rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_cat.md

---
date: 2016-08-24T23:47:55+01:00
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


```
rclone cat remote:path
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --acd-templink-threshold int      Files >= this size will be downloaded via their tempLink.
      --acd-upload-wait-time duration   Time to wait after a failed complete upload to see if it appears. (default 2m0s)
      --ask-password                    Allow prompt for password for encrypted configuration. (default true)
      --b2-chunk-size int               Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory.
      --b2-test-mode string             A flag string for X-Bz-Test-Mode header.
      --b2-upload-cutoff int            Cutoff for switching to chunked upload
      --b2-versions                     Include old versions in directory listings.
      --bwlimit int                     Bandwidth limit in kBytes/s, or use suffix b|k|M|G
      --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)
      --cpuprofile string               Write cpu profile to file
      --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.
      --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-upload-cutoff int         Cutoff for switching to chunked upload
      --drive-use-trash                 Send files to the trash instead of deleting permanently.
      --dropbox-chunk-size int          Upload chunk size. Max 150M.
  -n, --dry-run                         Do a trial run with no permanent changes
      --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 string                  Exclude files matching pattern
      --exclude-from string             Read exclude patterns from file
      --files-from string               Read list of source-file names from file
  -f, --filter string                   Add a file-filtering rule
      --filter-from string              Read filtering patterns from a file
      --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 string                  Include files matching pattern
      --include-from string             Read include patterns from file
      --log-file string                 Log everything to this file
      --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
      --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
      --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.
      --onedrive-chunk-size int         Above this size files will be chunked - must be multiple of 320k.
      --onedrive-upload-cutoff int      Cutoff for switching to chunked upload - must be <= 100MB
  -q, --quiet                           Print as little stuff as possible
      --retries int                     Retry operations this many times if they fail (default 3)
      --size-only                       Skip based on size only, not mod-time or checksum
      --stats duration                  Interval to print stats (0 to disable) (default 1m0s)
      --swift-chunk-size int            Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container.
      --timeout duration                IO idle timeout (default 5m0s)
      --transfers int                   Number of file transfers to run in parallel. (default 4)
  -u, --update                          Skip files that are newer on the destination.
  -v, --verbose                         Print lots more stuff
```

### SEE ALSO
* [rclone](/commands/rclone/)	 - Sync files and directories to and from local and remote object stores - v1.33-DEV

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