NAME

echo − echo arguments

SYNOPSIS

echo [ arg ] ... 

DESCRIPTION

Echo writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated by a new-line 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 new-line

\f form-feed

\n new-line

\r carriage return

\t 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. 

EXAMPLE

echo curmudgeon

simply responds

curmudgeon

on the standard output. 

SEE ALSO

sh(1). 

Version 3.6  —  December 20, 1987