Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: October 2008
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echo - display a line of text  

echo [OPTION]... [STRING]...  

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:

\0NNN

the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)

\\

backslash

\a

alert (BEL)

\b

backspace

\c

suppress trailing newline

\f

form feed

\n

new line

\r

carriage return

\t

horizontal tab

\v

vertical tab

NOTE: 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.

Written by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.  

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.  

Copyright © 2008 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.  

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 echo

should give you access to the complete manual.

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