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Name

svnlook cat — Print the contents of a file.

Synopsis

svnlook cat REPOS_PATH PATH_IN_REPOS

Description

Print the contents of a file.

Options

--revision (-r) REV
--transaction (-t) TXN

Examples

This shows the contents of a file in transaction ax8, located at /trunk/README:

$ svnlook cat -t ax8 /var/svn/repos /trunk/README

               Subversion, a version control system.
               =====================================

$LastChangedDate: 2003-07-17 10:45:25 -0500 (Thu, 17 Jul 2003) $

Contents:

     I. A FEW POINTERS
    II. DOCUMENTATION
   III. PARTICIPATING IN THE SUBVERSION COMMUNITY
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