echo

ECHO(1) User Commands ECHO(1)

NAME

echo - display a line of text


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

DESCRIPTION

NOTE: your shell may have its own version of echo which will supercede
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


--version
output version information and exit


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 © 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.



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


should give you access to the complete manual.






echo 5.2.1 July 2004 ECHO(1)