THE print COMMAND
| print [options] arguments | display arguments according to options |
print Options
| – | treat everything following – as an argument, even if it begins with – |
| –n | do not add a ending newline to output |
| –p | redirect the given arguments to a co-process |
| –r | ignore \ escape conventions |
| –R | ignore \ escape conventions; do not interpret – arguments as options (except –n) |
| –s | redirect given arguments to history file |
| –un | redirect arguments to file descriptor n. If file descriptor is greater than 2, it must first be opened with exec. If n is not specified, default file descriptor is 1 (standard output). |
print Escape Characters
| \a | Bell character |
| \b | Backspace |
| \c | Line without ending newline |
| \f | Formfeed |
| \n | Newline |
| \r | Return |
| \t | Tab |
| \v | Vertical tab ... |
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