Name
echo — display a line of text
Synopsis
echo [SHORT−OPTION...]
[STRING...]
echo LONG−OPTION
DESCRIPTION
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 recognized:
- \\
-
backslash
- \a
-
alert (BEL)
- \b
-
backspace
- \c
-
produce no further output
- \e
-
escape
- \f
-
form feed
- \n
-
new line
- \r
-
carriage return
- \t
-
horizontal tab
- \v
-
vertical tab
- \0NNN
-
byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
- \xHH
-
byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
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Note |
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Your shell may have its own version of echo, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports. |
REPORTING BUGS
Report echo bugs to bug−coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report echo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for echo is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and echo programs are properly installed at your site, the command
-
info coreutils 'echo invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
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Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. |