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1 perry 1 ECHO
2 !!!ECHO
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 AUTHOR
7 REPORTING BUGS
8 COPYRIGHT
9 SEE ALSO
10 ----
11 !!NAME
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14 echo - display a line of text
15 !!SYNOPSIS
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18 __echo__ [[''OPTION'']...
19 [[''STRING'']...
20 !!DESCRIPTION
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23 NOTE: your shell may have its own version of echo which will
2 LawrenceDoliveiro 24 supersede the version described here. Please refer to your
1 perry 25 shell's documentation for details about the options it
26 supports.
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29 Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.
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32 __-n__
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35 do not output the trailing newline
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38 __-e__
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41 enable interpretation of the backslash-escaped characters
42 listed below
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45 __--help__
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48 display this help and exit (should be alone)
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51 __--version__
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54 output version information and exit (should be
55 alone)
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58 With __-e__, the following sequences are recognized and
59 interpolated:
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62 NNN
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65 the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)
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68 \
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71 backslash
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74 a
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77 alert (BEL)
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83 backspace
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89 suppress trailing newline
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95 form feed
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101 new line
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107 carriage return
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113 horizontal tab
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119 vertical tab
120 !!AUTHOR
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123 Written by FIXME unknown.
124 !!REPORTING BUGS
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127 Report bugs to
128 !!COPYRIGHT
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131 Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
132 This is free software; see the source for copying
133 conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
134 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
135 PURPOSE.
136 !!SEE ALSO
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139 The full documentation for __echo__ is maintained as a
140 Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __echo__ programs
141 are properly installed at your site, the
142 command
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145 __info echo__
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148 should give you access to the complete manual.
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