ECHO
Posted On 2007-04-30 by FortyPoundHead
Keywords: Command Reference
Tags: Linux Commandline Linux
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Display message on screen, writes each given STRING to standard output, with a space between each and a newline after the last one.
SYNTAX
echo [options]... [string]...
OPTIONS
`-n''
Do not output the trailing newline.
`-E''
Disable the interpretation of the following backslash-escaped characters
`-e''
Enable interpretation of the following backslash-escaped
characters in each STRING:
`\a'' alert (bell)
`\b'' backspace
`\c'' suppress trailing newline
`\e'' escape `\f'' form feed
`\n'' new line
`\r'' carriage return
`\t'' horizontal tab
`\v'' vertical tab
`\\'' backslash
`\NNN''
the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal); if NNN is not
a valid octal number, it is printed literally.
`\xnnn'' the character whose ASCII code is the hexadecimal value nnn (one to three digits)echo is a BASH built-in command
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