User Commands						  ECHO(1)



NAME
     echo - display a line of text

SYNOPSIS
     echo [SHORT-OPTION]... [STRING]...
     echo LONG-OPTION

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:

     \0NNN
	  the character	whose ASCII code is NNN	(octal)

     \\	  backslash

     \a	  alert	(BEL)

     \b	  backspace

     \c	  produce no further output

     \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	Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.



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User Commands						  ECHO(1)



REPORTING BUGS
     Report echo bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2009 Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.	  License
     GPLv3+:	  GNU	   GPL	   version     3     or	    later
     <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
     This is free software: you	are free to change and	redistri-
     bute  it.	 There is NO WARRANTY, 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 coreutils echo invocation

     should give you access to the complete manual.
































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