echo(1)

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)

   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.

AUTHOR

   Written by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.

REPORTING BUGS

   GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
   Report echo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright    2016  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.

SEE ALSO

   Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/echo>
   or available locally via: info '(coreutils) echo invocation'

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