Section 1: echo
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ECHO(1) FSF ECHO(1)
NAME
echo - display a line of text
SYNOPSIS
echo [OPTION]... [STRING]...
DESCRIPTION
Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.
-n do not output the trailing newline
-e enable interpretation of the backslash-escaped
characters
listed below
-E disable interpretation of those sequences in
STRINGs
--help display this help and exit (should be alone)
--version
output version information and exit (should be
alone)
Without -E, the following sequences are recognized and
interpolated:
the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)
\ backslash
a
..... alert (BEL)
k
s.TP suppress trailing newline
p
a
corm feed
e
new line
carriage return
horizontal tab
vertical tab
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to .
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for echo is maintained as a Texinfo
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ECHO(1) FSF ECHO(1)
manual. If the info and echo programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
info echo
should give you access to the complete manual.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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