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+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35.
+.TH ECHO "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+echo \- display a line of text
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B echo
+[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fISTRING\fR]...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.\" Add any additional description here
+.PP
+Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.
+.TP
+\fB\-n\fR
+do not output the trailing newline
+.TP
+\fB\-e\fR
+enable interpretation of backslash escapes
+.TP
+\fB\-E\fR
+disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)
+.TP
+\fB\-\-help\fR
+display this help and exit
+.TP
+\fB\-\-version\fR
+output version information and exit
+.PP
+If \fB\-e\fR is in effect, the following sequences are recognized:
+.TP
+\e0NNN
+the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)
+.TP
+\e\e
+backslash
+.TP
+\ea
+alert (BEL)
+.TP
+\eb
+backspace
+.TP
+\ec
+suppress trailing newline
+.TP
+\ef
+form feed
+.TP
+\en
+new line
+.TP
+\er
+carriage return
+.TP
+\et
+horizontal tab
+.TP
+\ev
+vertical tab
+.PP
+NOTE: your shell may have its own version of echo, which usually supersedes
+the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
+for details about the options it supports.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Written by FIXME unknown.
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.br
+This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
+the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+The full documentation for
+.B echo
+is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
+.B info
+and
+.B echo
+programs are properly installed at your site, the command
+.IP
+.B info echo
+.PP
+should give you access to the complete manual.