echo(1)                                                   echo(1)



     NAME
          echo - echo arguments

     SYNOPSIS
          echo [arg] ...

     DESCRIPTION
          echo writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated
          by a newline on the standard output.  It also understands
          C-like escape conventions; beware of conflicts with the
          shell's use of \:

             \b   backspace
             \c   print line without newline
             \f   form-feed
             \n   newline
             \r   carriage return
             \t   tab
             \v   vertical tab
             \\   backslash
             \n   the 8-bit character whose ASCII code is the 1-, 2-
                  or 3-digit octal number n, which must start with a
                  zero.

          echo is useful for producing diagnostics in command files
          and for sending known data into a pipe.  A version of echo
          is built into the Bourne shell (sh(1)).  Similar versions
          are also built into ksh(1) and csh(1).

     EXAMPLES
             echo curmudgeon

          simply responds

             curmudgeon

          on the standard output.

     FILES
          /bin/echo

     SEE ALSO
          csh(1), ksh(1), sh(1).












     April, 1990                                                     1