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 later in this chapter.
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If your working copy is out of date (or you have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 -r HEAD FILENAME will
automatically fetch the HEAD revision
of the specified path:
$ cat foo.c This file is in my local working copy and has changes that I've made. $ svn cat -r HEAD foo.c Latest revision fresh from the repository!