ECHO(1) User Commands ECHO(1)
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)
\\ backslash
\a alert (BEL)
\b backspace
\c suppress trailing newline
\f form feed
\n new line
\r carriage return
\t horizontal tab
\v vertical tab
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of echo, which usually super-
sedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell’s docu-
mentation for details about the options it supports.
AUTHOR
Written by FIXME unknown.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2008 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
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 coreutils ‘echo invocation’
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 6.12 May 2008 ECHO(1)
