print

print [ -acilmnNoOPrsz ] [ -u n ] [ -f format ] [ -C cols ] [ -R [ -en ]] [ arg ... ]

With the -f option the arguments are printed as described by printf. With no flags or with the flag -, the arguments are printed on the standard output as described by echo, with the following differences: the escape sequence \M-x metafies the character x (sets the highest bit), \C-x produces a control character (\C-@ and \C-? give the characters NULL and delete), and \E is a synonym for \e. Finally, if not in an escape sequence, \ escapes the following character and is not printed.

Option	Description
`-a`	Prints the arguments with the column incrementing first. Only useful with the `-c` and `-C` options.
`-c`	Print the arguments in columns. Unless `-a` is also given, arguments are printed with the row incrementing first.
`-C cols`	Print the arguments in `cols` columns. Unless `-a` is also given, arguments are printed with the row incrementing first.
`-i`	If given together with `-o` or `-O`, sorting is performed case-independently.
`-l`	Print the arguments separated by newlines instead of spaces.
`-m`	Take the first argument as a pattern (should be quoted), and remove it from the argument list together with subsequent arguments that do not match this pattern.
`-n`	Do not add a newline to the output.
`-N`	Print the arguments separated and terminated by nulls.
`-o`	Print the arguments sorted in ascending order.
`-O`	Print the arguments sorted in descending order.
`-P`	Perform prompt expansion
`-r`	Ignore the escape conventions of echo.
`-R`	Emulate the BSD echo command, which does not process escape sequences unless the `-e` flag is given. The `-n` flag suppresses the trailing newline. Only the `-e` and `-n` flags are recognized after `-R`; all other arguments and options are printed.
`-s`	Place the results in the history list instead of on the standard output.
`-u n`	Print the arguments to file descriptor `n`.
`-z`	Push the arguments onto the editing buffer stack, separated by spaces.

If any of -m, -o or -O are used in combination with -f and there are no arguments (after the removal process in the case of -m) then nothing is printed.

Note: The Symbian platform does not support the use of the -b, -d, and -p options.