User Commands                                             ECHO(1)



NAME
     echo - display a line of text

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

DESCRIPTION
     Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.

     -n   do not output the trailing newline

     -e   enable interpretation of backslash escapes

     -E   disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

     If -e is in effect, the following sequences are recognized:

     \0N
          the character whose ASCI code is N (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

     NOTE: your shell may have its own  version  of  echo,  which
     usually supersedes the version described here.  Please refer
     to your shell's documentation for details about the  options
     it supports.

AUTHOR
     Written by FIXME unknown.




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User Commands                                             ECHO(1)



REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software.  You may redistribute  copies  of  it
     under   the   terms   of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
     .  There  is  NO  WAR-
     RANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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 echo

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     
       ATRIBUTE TYPE      ATRIBUTE VALUE  
    
     Availability         SUNWgnu-coreutils 
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted       
    

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http:/opensolaris.org.





















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