if ($operation -eq 'cat') {
  $maxBytes = 262144; $paths = [Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new()
  for ($i = 0; $i -lt $toolArgs.Count; $i++) {
    $arg = $toolArgs[$i]
    if ($arg -eq '--max-bytes') { $i += 1; if ($i -ge $toolArgs.Count) { Fail '--max-bytes requires a value' 2 }; $maxBytes = Parse-NonNegativeInt '--max-bytes' $toolArgs[$i] 16777216; continue }
    if ($arg.StartsWith('--max-bytes=')) { $maxBytes = Parse-NonNegativeInt '--max-bytes' $arg.Substring(12) 16777216; continue }
    if ($arg.StartsWith('-') -and $arg -ne '-') { Fail ('unsupported cat option on Windows route: ' + $arg) 2 }
    $paths.Add($arg)
  }
  if ($paths.Count -ne 1) { Fail 'cat requires exactly one file path on Windows routes' 2 }
  [Console]::Out.Write((Read-StrictText (Resolve-UnideskPath $paths[0]) $maxBytes))
  exit 0
}