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.TH ECHO "1" "August 1999" "GNU sh-utils 2.0" FSF
.SH NAME
echo \- display a line of text
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B echo
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fISTRING\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
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.PP
Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.
.TP
\fB\-n\fR
do not output the trailing newline
.TP
\fB\-e\fR
enable interpretation of the backslash-escaped characters
.IP
listed below
.TP
\fB\-E\fR
disable interpretation of those sequences in STRINGs
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit (should be alone)
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit (should be alone)
.PP
Without \fB\-E\fR, the following sequences are recognized and interpolated:
.TP
\NNN
the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)
.TP
\\
backslash
.TP
\a
alert (BEL)
.TP
\b
backspace
.TP
\c
suppress trailing newline
.TP
\f
form feed
.TP
\n
new line
.TP
\r
carriage return
.TP
\t
horizontal tab
.TP
\v
vertical tab
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B echo
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B echo
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info echo
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.