ECHO

echo ? display a line of text

echo [OPTION]... [STRING]...

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:

the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)

\

backslash

.....

s

p a c e

suppress trailing newline

form feed

new line

carriage return

horizontal tab

vertical tab

Report bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>.

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.

Copyright © 1999 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.