Name
echo
Synopsis
echo [options] [string
]
Send (echo) the input string to standard output. This is the /bin/echo command. echo also exists as a command built into the C shell and bash. The following character sequences have special meanings:
- \a
Alert (bell).
- \b
Backspace.
- \c
Suppress trailing newline.
- \f
Form feed.
- \n
Newline.
- \r
Carriage return.
- \t
Horizontal tab.
- \v
Vertical tab.
- \\
Literal backslash.
- \ nnn
The octal character whose ASCII code is nnn.
Options
- -e
Enable character sequences with special meaning. (In some versions, this option is not required in order to make the sequences work.)
- -E
Disable character sequences with special meaning.
- -n
Suppress printing of newline after text.
- --help
Print help message and then exit.
- --version
Print version information and then exit.
Examples
/bin/echo "testing printer" | lp
/bin/echo "TITLE\nTITLE" > file ; cat doc1 doc2 >> file
/bin/echo "Warning: ringing bell \a"
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