---
name: "fc-cat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fontconfig"
version: "2:2.18.3-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fc-cat"
---

# fc-cat(1)

read font information cache files

## NAME

fc-cat - read font information cache files

## SYNOPSIS

**fc-cat** \[ **-rvVh** \] \[ **--recurse** \] \[ **--verbose** \] \[ **--version** \] \[ **--help** \]\
     \[ *fonts-cache-%version%-files* \| *dirs ...* \]

## DESCRIPTION

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

## 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**

  Recurse into subdirectories.

- **-v --verbose**

  Be verbose.

- **-h --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-V --version**

  Show version of the program and exit.

## SEE ALSO

[**fc-cache**(1)](/fc-cache/1.md) [**fc-list**(1)](/fc-list/1.md) [**fc-match**(1)](/fc-match/1.md) [**fc-pattern**(1)](/fc-pattern/1.md) [**fc-query**(1)](/fc-query/1.md) [**fc-scan**(1)](/fc-scan/1.md)

The fontconfig user's guide \<URL:https://fontconfig.pages.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html\>

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Patrick Lam \<plam@mit.edu\>.