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:

       \NNN   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


AUTHOR

       Written by FIXME unknown.


REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>.


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


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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