1 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35.
2 .TH ECHO "1" "April 2010" "GNU coreutils 8.5" "User Commands"
4 echo \- display a line of text
7 [\fISHORT-OPTION\fR]... [\fISTRING\fR]...
12 .\" Add any additional description here
14 Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.
17 do not output the trailing newline
20 enable interpretation of backslash escapes
23 disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)
26 display this help and exit
29 output version information and exit
31 If \fB\-e\fR is in effect, the following sequences are recognized:
43 produce no further output
64 byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
67 byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
69 NOTE: your shell may have its own version of echo, which usually supersedes
70 the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
71 for details about the options it supports.
73 Written by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.
75 Report echo bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
77 GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
79 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
81 Report echo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
83 Copyright \(co 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
84 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
86 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
87 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
89 The full documentation for
91 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
95 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
97 .B info coreutils \(aqecho invocation\(aq
99 should give you access to the complete manual.