echo 'Display tab characters as ^I' echo "-------------------------------" cat -T $LLO_DATAFILE | head -9 echo "" echo "Display non printing characters" echo "-------------------------------" cat -v $LLO_DATAFILE | head -9 echo "" echo "Suppress repeated empty lines" echo "-------------------------------" cat -s $LLO_DATAFILE | head -9 echo "" echo "In case, you need to use the -v, -E and -T option together, you can just use the -A command line option." echo "-------------------------------" cat -A $LLO_DATAFILE | head -9 echo ""