NAME

print − shell built-in function to output characters to the screen or window

SYNOPSIS

ksh

print [ −Rnprsu[n ] ] [ arg ... ]

DESCRIPTION

ksh

The shell output mechanism.  With no flags or with flag − or −−, the arguments are printed on standard output as described by echo(1).  The exit status is 0, unless the output file is not open for writing. 

−n suppresses new-line from being added to the output. 

−R

−r (raw mode) ignore the escape conventions of echo.  The −R option will print all subsequent arguments and options other than −n. 

−p causes the arguments to be written onto the pipe of the process spawned with │& instead of standard output. 

−s causes the arguments to be written onto the history file instead of standard output. 

−u [ n ] flag can be used to specify a one digit file descriptor unit number n on which the output will be placed.  The default is 1. 

SEE ALSO

echo(1), ksh(1)

SunOS 5.5  —  Last change: 15 Apr 1994