GNU coreutils 8.32
March 2020
coreutils
The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system
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coreutils common optional components
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Documentation for the GNU Core Utilities
NAME
echo - display a line of text
SYNOPSIS
echo [\,SHORT-OPTION\/]... [\,STRING\/]...
echo \,LONG-OPTION\/
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) |
AUTHOR
Written by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.
REPORTING BUGS
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.
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 <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/echo>
or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) echo invocation\(aq
or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) echo invocation\(aq