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echo - display a line of text
echo [OPTION]... [STRING]...
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:
- NNN
- the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)
- \
- backslash
- a
- alert (BEL)
- b
- backspace
- suppress trailing newline
- form feed
- new line
- r
- carriage return
- t
- horizontal tab
- vertical tab
Report bugs
to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>.
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.
Copyright © 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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