NAME
echo - display a line of text
SYNOPSIS
echo
[OPTION]... [STRING]...
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:
\0NNN
the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)
\c
suppress trailing newline
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 FIXME unknown.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
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.
SEE ALSO
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.