Section 1 · User commands

echo.1

Package: coreutils-common

ECHO

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

NAME

echo − display a line of text

SYNOPSIS

echo [SHORT-OPTION]… [STRING]… **
echo** LONG-OPTION

DESCRIPTION

Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.


	−n		do not output the trailing newline
	−e		enable interpretation of backslash escapes
	−E		disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)
	−−help		display this help and exit

−−version

output version information and exit

If −e is in effect, the following sequences are recognized:


	\\		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)

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.

Consider using the ’printf’ command instead, as it avoids problems when outputting option−like strings.

AUTHOR

Written by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.