1. NAME

fc-cat - read font information cache files

2. SYNOPSIS



fc-cat [ -rvVh ] [ --recurse ] [ --verbose ] [ --version ] [ --help ] [ \fB [ fonts-cache-2-files\fB ] [ \fIdirs\fB ] ... ]

3. DESCRIPTION

fc-cat reads the font information from cache files or related to font directories and emits it in ASCII form.

4. OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

  • -r
        Recurse into subdirectories.
  • -v
        Be verbose.
  • -h
        Show summary of options.
  • -V
        Show version of the program and exit.

5. SEE ALSO

fc-cache(1) fc-list(1) fc-match(1) fc-query(1) fc-scan(1)

The fontconfig user's guide, in HTML format: /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

6. AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Patrick Lam <>.