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:

     \\   backslash

     \a   alert (BEL)

     \b   backspace

     \c   produce no further output

     \e   escape

     \f   form feed

     \n   new line

     \r   carriage return

     \t   horizontal tab

     \v   vertical tab

     \0NNN
          byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)

     \xHH byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)

     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



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User Commands                                             ECHO(1)



     it supports.

AUTHOR
     Written by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report echo bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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     <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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     <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
     Report        echo        translation        bugs         to
     <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright c 2010 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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