Official Description
Shell output mechanism.
Syntax
print [-Rnprsu[n]] [argument ...]
Options
-p causes the arguments to be written to the pipe of the process spawned with |&.
-u specifies the file descriptor (unit number) to which to print.
Oddities
It's more efficient and more portable than the echo command.
Example
$ print $x 17 $
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