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ECHO
!!!ECHO
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO
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!!NAME


echo - display a line of text
!!SYNOPSIS


__echo__ [[''OPTION'']...
[[''STRING'']...
!!DESCRIPTION


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 the backslash-escaped characters
listed below


__--help__


display this help and exit (should be alone)


__--version__


output version information and exit (should be
alone)


With __-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
!!COPYRIGHT


Copyright 2000 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.
!!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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Last edited on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 9:58:04 am by LawrenceDoliveiro

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