ECHO

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NAME

echo - echo arguments

SYNOPSIS

echo [ -n ] [ string... ]

DESCRIPTION

Echo displays its arguments, separated by single spaces and followed by a newline, on the standard output. If no string arguments are given, echo produces only the newline character. If the first argument is -n, the trailing newline is omitted. The -n is not echoed.

Echo recognizes the following backslash escapes in the string arguments:

\0ooo: octal ASCII character (ooo are 1-3 octal digits)
\b: backspace
\c: omit trailing newline; don't print anything more (same as
-n)
\f: form feed
\n: newline (line feed)
\r: carriage return
\t: horizontal tab
\v: vertical tab
\\: backslash

AUTHOR

David MacKenzie (big deal)