1SHTOOL-ECHO.TMP(1)          GNU Portable Shell Tool         SHTOOL-ECHO.TMP(1)
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NAME

6       shtool echo - GNU shtool echo(1) extensional command
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SYNOPSIS

9       shtool echo [-n|--newline] [-e|--expand] string
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DESCRIPTION

12       shtool echo is an echo(1) style command which prints string to stdout
13       and optionally provides special expansion constructs (terminal bold
14       mode, environment details, date, etc) and newline control. The trick of
15       this command is that it provides a portable -n option and hides the
16       gory details needed to find out the environment details under option
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OPTIONS

20       The following command line options are available.
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22       -n, --newline
23           By default, output is written to stdout followed by a "newline"
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27       -e, --expand
28           If option -e is used, string can contain special "%x" constructs
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32           %B  switch terminal mode to bold display mode.
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34           %b  switch terminal mode back to normal display mode.
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36           %u  the current user name.
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38           %U  the current user id (numerical).
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40           %g  the current group name.
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42           %G  the current group id (numerical).
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44           %h  the current hostname (without any domain extension).
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46           %d  the current domain name.
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EXAMPLE

57        #   shell script
58        shtool echo -n -e "Enter your name [%B%u%b]: "; read name
59        shtool echo -e "Your Email address might be %u@%h%d"
60        shtool echo -e "The current date is %D-%m-%Y"
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HISTORY

63       The GNU shtool echo command was originally written by Ralf S.
64       Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 1998 for Website META Language
65       (WML) under the name buildinfo. It was later taken over into GNU
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SEE ALSO

69       shtool(1), echo(1).
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