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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