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\section echo echo - display a line of text
\subsection echo-synopsis Synopsis
<tt>echo [STRING]</tt>
\subsection echo-description Description
\c echo displays a string of text.
The following options are available:
- \c -n, \c Do not output a newline
- \c -s, \c Do not separate arguments with spaces
- \c -E, \c Disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)
- \c -e, \c Enable interpretation of backslash escapes
- \c -h, \c --help Display this help
\subsection echo-escapes Escape Sequences
If \c -e is used, the following sequences are recognized:
- \c \\\\ \c backslash
- \\a alert (BEL)
- \\b backspace
- \\c produce no further output
- \\e escape
- \\f form feed
- \\n new line
- \\r carriage return
- \\t horizontal tab
- \\v vertical tab
- \\0NNN byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
- \\xHH byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
\subsection echo-example Example
<tt>echo 'Hello World'</tt> Print hello world to stdout
<tt>echo -e 'Top\\nBottom'</tt> Print Top and Bottom on separate lines, using an escape sequence
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