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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. */
+}