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  1.        echo [ -n ] [ arg ... ]
  2.               Write each arg on the standard output, with a space
  3.               separating each one.  If the -n flag  is  not  pre-
  4.               sent,  print a newline at the end.  echo recognizes
  5.               the following escape sequences:
  6.               \a     bell character
  7.               \b     backspace
  8.               \c     don't print an ending newline
  9.               \e     escape
  10.               \f     form feed
  11.               \n     newline
  12.               \r     carriage return
  13.               \t     horizontal tab
  14.               \v     vertical tab
  15.               \\     backslash
  16.               \nnn   character code in octal, with a  maximum  of
  17.                      four  digits.  A  non-octal digit terminates
  18.                      the number. It must start with zero.
  19.