3 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/note_list.cpp b/src/lib/note_list.cpp
index 9bbc939..73f20b9 100644
--- a/src/lib/note_list.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/note_list.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,24 @@ vector<string> note_list::enum_names() {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Returns the contents of the requested note
+ *
+ * @param string note_name Name of the note to get the contents for
+ *
+ * @return vector<string> Contents of the note, broken per line into a vector.
+ */
+vector<string> note_list::cat_note( string note_name ) {
+  // Check for the requested note
+  for( int i = 0; i < notes.size(); i++ ) {
+    if( notes[i].friendly_name() == note_name ) {
+      // Read in the note's contents
+      notes[i].read();
+      return notes[i].body;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
  * TODO
  */
 vector<string> note_list::find( bool case_sensitive, string term ) {
diff --git a/src/lib/note_list.h b/src/lib/note_list.h
index 9d74045..fd2fb4b 100644
--- a/src/lib/note_list.h
+++ b/src/lib/note_list.h
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ class note_list {
   void edit( string, string );
   vector<string> enum_names();
   vector<string> find( bool, string );
+  vector<string> cat_note( string );
 };
 #endif
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index a2c5bb7..ee8dbee 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ using namespace std;
 #include "lib/config.h"
 #include "lib/note.h"
 #include "lib/note_list.h"
+#include "lib/file.h"
 
 void get_help() {
   string out = "Noteless provides a simple command line interface for note"
@@ -57,6 +58,13 @@ void search_notes( note_list list, string term ) {
     }
 }
 
+void cat_note( note_list list, string name ) {
+    vector<string> body = list.cat_note( name );
+    for( int i = 0; i < body.size(); i++ ) {
+      cout << body[i] << endl;
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Helper function to determine which editor to use. Order or priority is
  * config file, environmental variable, default.
@@ -121,6 +129,9 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv ) {
     } else if( arg == "find" ) {
       string term = argv[i + 1];
       search_notes( list, term );
+    } else if( arg == "cat" ) {
+      string name = argv[i + 1];
+      cat_note( list, name );
     } else if( arg == "help" ) {
       get_help();
     }