User Commands ECHO(1)
NAME
echo - display a line of text
SYNOPSIS
echo [SHORT-OPTION]... [STRING]...
echo LONG-OPTION
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:
\\ backslash
\a alert (BEL)
\b backspace
\c produce no further output
\e escape
\f form feed
\n new line
\r carriage return
\t horizontal tab
\v vertical tab
\0NNN
byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
\xHH byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
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
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User Commands ECHO(1)
it supports.
AUTHOR
Written by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.
REPORTING BUGS
Report echo bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page:
General help using GNU software:
Report echo translation bugs to
COPYRIGHT
Copyright cO 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistri-
bute it. 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 coreutils echo invocation
should give you access to the complete manual.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
___________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|____________________|______________________|_
| Availability | file/gnu-coreutils |
|____________________|______________________|_
| Interface Stability| Uncommitted |
|____________________|_____________________|
NOTES
Source for GNU coreutils is available on
http://opensolaris.org.
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