ECHO(1L)                                                 ECHO(1L)


NNAAMMEE
       echo - display a line of text

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       eecchhoo [--nnee] [_s_t_r_i_n_g ...]
       eecchhoo {--help,--version}

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       This  manual page documents the GNU version of eecchhoo.  Note
       that most shells have a built-in command by the same  name
       and with similar functionality.

       eecchhoo writes each given _s_t_r_i_n_g to the standard output, with
       a space between them and a newline after the last one.

   OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       _-_n     Do not output the trailing newline.

       _-_e     Enable interpretation of the  following  backslash-
              escaped characters in the strings:
              \\aa     alert (bell)
              \\bb     backspace
              \\cc     suppress trailing newline
              \\ff     form feed
              \\nn     new line
              \\rr     carriage return
              \\tt     horizontal tab
              \\vv     vertical tab
              \\\\     backslash
              \\nnnnnn   the   character  whose  ASCII  code  is  _n_n_n
                     (octal)

   OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       When GNU eecchhoo is invoked with exactly  one  argument,  the
       following options are recognized:

       _-_-_h_e_l_p Print  a  usage message on standard output and exit
              successfully.

       _-_-_v_e_r_s_i_o_n
              Print version information on standard  output  then
              exit successfully.















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