echo(1)                                                   echo(1)



NAME
     echo - echoes its arguments

SYNOPSIS
     echo [arg]...

ARGUMENTS
     arg  Specifies the argument entered by the user which will
          be echoed.

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.

     The echo command is useful for producing messages 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
     The command:

        echo curmudgeon

     simply responds

        curmudgeon

     on the standard output.





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echo(1)                                                   echo(1)



FILES
     /bin/echo
          Executable file

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

















































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