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echo - display a line of text
echo [OPTION]... [STRING]...
NOTE:
your shell may have its own version of echo which will supersede the version
described here. Please refer to your shell’s documentation for details about
the options it supports.
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
Written by FIXME unknown.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright © 2004 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.
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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