man/cat1/echo.1.txt
ECHO(1) User Commands ECHO(1)
NAME echo - display a line of text SYNOPSIS echo [OPTION]... [STRING]... DESCRIPTION NOTE: your shell may have its own version of echo which will supersede the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports. 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 recog- nized: \0NNN the character whose ASCII code is NNN (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 AUTHOR Written by FIXME unknown. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying condi- tions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL- ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SEE ALSO The full documentation for echo is maintained as a Tex- info 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. echo 5.3.0 November 2004 ECHO(1) |