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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.
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