svn cat — Output the contents of the specified files or URLs.
Output the contents of the specified files or URLs. For listing the contents of directories, see svn list.
--revision (-r) REV --username USER --password PASS --no-auth-cache --non-interactive --config-dir DIR
If you want to view readme.txt in your repository without checking it out:
$ svn cat http://svn.red-bean.com/repos/test/readme.txt This is a README file. You should read this.
If your working copy is out of date (or you have local modifications) and you want to see the HEAD revision of a file in your working copy, svn cat will automatically fetch the HEAD revision when you give it a path:
$ cat foo.c This file is in my local working copy and has changes that I've made. $ svn cat foo.c Latest revision fresh from the repository!