Section (1) echo
Name
echo — display a line of text
Synopsis
echo
[SHORT−OPTION
...]
[STRING
...]
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)
-
backspace
- c
-
produce no further output
- e
-
escape
- f
-
form feed
-
new line
-
carriage return
-
horizontal tab
- v
-
vertical tab