1ECHO(1)                          User Commands                         ECHO(1)
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NAME

6       echo - display a line of text
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SYNOPSIS

9       echo [SHORT-OPTION]... [STRING]...
10       echo LONG-OPTION
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DESCRIPTION

13       Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.
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15       -n     do not output the trailing newline
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17       -e     enable interpretation of backslash escapes
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19       -E     disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)
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21       --help display this help and exit
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23       --version
24              output version information and exit
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26       If -e is in effect, the following sequences are recognized:
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30       \a     alert (BEL)
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32       \b     backspace
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34       \c     produce no further output
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36       \e     escape
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38       \f     form feed
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40       \n     new line
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42       \r     carriage return
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44       \t     horizontal tab
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46       \v     vertical tab
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48       \0NNN  byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
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50       \xHH   byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
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52       NOTE: your shell may have its own version of echo, which usually super‐
53       sedes the version described here.  Please refer to your  shell's  docu‐
54       mentation for details about the options it supports.
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56       NOTE:  printf(1) is a preferred alternative, which does not have issues
57       outputting option-like strings.
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AUTHOR

60       Written by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.
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REPORTING BUGS

63       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
64       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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67       Copyright © 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
68       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
69       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
70       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

73       printf(1)
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75       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/echo>
76       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) echo invocation'
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80GNU coreutils 9.1                January 2023                          ECHO(1)
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