


ECHO(1L)                                                 ECHO(1L)


NNAAMMEE
       echo - display a line of text

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       eecchhoo [--nnee] [_s_t_r_i_n_g ...]
       eecchhoo {--help,--version}

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       This  manual page documents the GNU version of eecchhoo.  Note
       that most shells have a built-in command by the same  name
       and with similar functionality.

       eecchhoo writes each given _s_t_r_i_n_g to the standard output, with
       a space between them and a newline after the last one.

   OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       _-_n     Do not output the trailing newline.

       _-_e     Enable interpretation of the  following  backslash-
              escaped characters in the strings:
              \\aa     alert (bell)
              \\bb     backspace
              \\cc     suppress trailing newline
              \\ff     form feed
              \\nn     new line
              \\rr     carriage return
              \\tt     horizontal tab
              \\vv     vertical tab
              \\\\     backslash
              \\nnnnnn   the   character  whose  ASCII  code  is  _n_n_n
                     (octal)

   OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       When GNU eecchhoo is invoked with exactly  one  argument,  the
       following options are recognized:

       _-_-_h_e_l_p Print  a  usage message on standard output and exit
              successfully.

       _-_-_v_e_r_s_i_o_n
              Print version information on standard  output  then
              exit successfully.















FSF                    GNU Shell Utilities                      1


