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+/************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Purpose: To display a file on the screen  (Unix 'cat' command).
+ *	    Version 1
+ *
+ * to do:   Read file name from command line.
+ *
+ * Author:  M J Leslie
+ * Date:    06-Feb-94
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+main()
+{
+  int c;				/* Character read from the file.	*/
+  FILE *ptr;			/* Pointer to the file. FILE is a
+				   structure  defined in <stdio.h>	*/
+
+				/* Open the file - no error checking done */
+  ptr = fopen("/etc/hosts","r");
+				/* Read one character at a time, checking 
+				   for the End of File. EOF is defined 
+				   in <stdio.h>  as -1 			*/
+  while ((c = fgetc(ptr)) != EOF)
+  {
+    printf("%c",c);		/* O/P the character to the screen	*/
+  }
+
+  fclose(ptr);			/* Close the file.			*/
+}