ECHO(1)                          User Commands
ECHO(1)



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
       [_O_P_T_I_O_N]... [_S_T_R_I_N_G]...

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.

       --nn     do not output the trailing newline

       --ee     enable interpretation of backslash escapes

       --EE     disable interpretation of backslash escapes
       (default)

       ----hheellpp display this help and exit

       ----vveerrssiioonn
              output version information and exit

       If --e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 super‐ sedes the version described here.
       Please refer to your  shell's  docu‐ mentation for
       details about the options it supports.

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Written by FIXME unknown.

RREEPPOORRTTIINNGG BBUUGGSS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
       Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute
       copies of it under the terms      of      the
       GNU      General       Public       License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.   There  is
       NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       The full documentation for eecchhoo is maintained
       as a Texinfo manual.   If the  iinnffoo  and
       eecchhoo  programs are properly installed at your
       site, the command

              iinnffoo eecchhoo

       should give you access to the complete manual.



echo 6.7                         December 2006
ECHO(1)
