ECHO(1)                  User Commands                  ECHO(1)





NAME
       echo - display a line of text

SYNOPSIS
       echo [OPTION]... [STRING]...

DESCRIPTION
       NOTE:  your shell may have its own version of echo which
       will supersede the version described here. Please  refer
       to  your  shell's  documentation  for  details about the
       options it supports.

       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 recog-
       nized:

       \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

AUTHOR
       Written by FIXME unknown.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for echo is maintained as a  Tex-
       info manual.  If the info and echo programs are properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info echo

       should give you access to the complete manual.



echo 5.3.0               November 2004                  ECHO(1)