diff -r 7bfa1b199972 -r 746e12a767b3 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Sat May 27 17:58:36 2017 +0900
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Thu May 25 21:53:44 2017 +0900
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     error,
     exchange,
     extensions,
+    formatter,
     graphmod,
     hbisect,
     help,
@@ -1338,7 +1339,7 @@
      _('print output to file with formatted name'), _('FORMAT')),
     ('r', 'rev', '', _('print the given revision'), _('REV')),
     ('', 'decode', None, _('apply any matching decode filter')),
-    ] + walkopts,
+    ] + walkopts + formatteropts,
     _('[OPTION]... FILE...'),
     inferrepo=True)
 def cat(ui, repo, file1, *pats, **opts):
@@ -1368,9 +1369,13 @@
     if cmdutil.isstdiofilename(fntemplate):
         fntemplate = ''
 
-    if not fntemplate:
+    if fntemplate:
+        fm = formatter.nullformatter(ui, 'cat')
+    else:
         ui.pager('cat')
-    return cmdutil.cat(ui, repo, ctx, m, fntemplate, '', **opts)
+        fm = ui.formatter('cat', opts)
+    with fm:
+        return cmdutil.cat(ui, repo, ctx, m, fm, fntemplate, '', **opts)
 
 @command('^clone',
     [('U', 'noupdate', None, _('the clone will include an empty working '