#! /bin/bash 
#
#  Filename:  out
#
#  From Mark Sobell's Red Hat Linux book.  Adapted by Br. David Carlson.
#
#  Date:  March 25, 2007
#
#  This script, when given filenames as command-line arguments, displays with cat
#  those files on the screen.  When the first argument is -v, it displays with
#  the more utility the files whose names are the other arguments.

if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
   echo "Syntax:  out [-v] <filename(s)>" 1>&2
   exit 1
elif [ "$1" = "-v" ]
then
   shift   # drop the -v argument
   more -- "$@"
else
   cat -- "$@"
fi