echo—echoes arguments

echo [ argument ] ...echo [ –n ] [ argument ]

echo writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated by a newline on the standard output.

System V echo options:\b       backspace\c       suppress newline\f       form feed\n       newline\r       return\t       tab\v       vertical tab\\       backslash\0n      n is a 1, 2, or 3, octal value

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