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/*
 * Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin, http://www.darwinsys.com/, 1996-2002.
 * All rights reserved. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others.
 * $Id: LICENSE,v 1.8 2004/02/09 03:33:38 ian Exp $
 *
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 * 
 * Java, the Duke mascot, and all variants of Sun's Java "steaming coffee
 * cup" logo are trademarks of Sun Microsystems. Sun's, and James Gosling's,
 * pioneering role in inventing and promulgating (and standardizing) the Java 
 * language and environment is gratefully acknowledged.
 * 
 * The pioneering role of Dennis Ritchie and Bjarne Stroustrup, of AT&T, for
 * inventing predecessor languages C and C++ is also gratefully acknowledged.
 */

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

/**
 * Read a file and print, using BufferedReader and System.out
 */
public class CatFile {

    public static void main(String[] av) {
        CatFile c = new CatFile();
        if (av.length == 0)
            c.process(new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)));
        else
            for (int i = 0; i < av.length; i++)
                try {
                    c.process(new BufferedReader(new FileReader(av[i])));
                } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                    System.err.println(e);
                }
    }

    /** print one file, given an open BufferedReader */
    public void process(BufferedReader is) {
        try {
            String inputLine;

            while ((inputLine = is.readLine()) != null) {
                System.out.println(inputLine);
            }
            is.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("IOException: " + e);
        }
    }
}