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NAME
echo - display a line of textSYNOPSIS
echo [OPTION]... [STRING]...DESCRIPTION
Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.
- -n
- do not output the trailing newline
- -e
- enable interpretation of backslash escapes
- -E
- disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)
- --help
- display this help and exit
- --version
- output version information and exit
If -e is in effect, the following sequences are recognized:
- \0NNN
- the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)
- \\
- backslash
- \a
- alert (BEL)
- \b
- backspace
- \c
- suppress trailing newline
- \f
- form feed
- \n
- new line
- \r
- carriage return
- \t
- horizontal tab
- \v
- vertical tab
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of echo, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.
AUTHOR
Written by FIXME unknown.REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for echo is maintained as a Texinfo 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.
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Updated Time:: 07:11:58 GMT, September 06, 2008
