echo - display a line of text
SYNOPSIS
echo [-ne] [string ...]
echo {--help,--version}
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the GNU version of echo. Note
that most shells have a built-in command by the same name
and with similar functionality.
echo writes each given string to the standard output, with
a space between them and a newline after the last one.
OPTIONS
-n Do not output the trailing newline.
-e Enable interpretation of the following backslash-
escaped characters in the strings:
\a alert (bell)
\b backspace
\c suppress trailing newline
\f form feed
\n new line
\r carriage return
\t horizontal tab
\v vertical tab
\\ backslash
\nnn the character whose ASCII code is nnn
(octal)
OPTIONS
When GNU echo is invoked with exactly one argument, the
following options are recognized:
--help Print a usage message on standard output and exit
successfully.
--version
Print version information on standard output then
exit successfully.
Release 1.1d7 of the Be OS
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