echo
echo [-neE] [arg ...]
Prints the given text or the values of the specified arguments.
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Description |
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-n
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The trailing newline is suppressed.
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-e
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Interpretation of the following backslash-escaped characters is turned on:
\a
|
Alert (bell)
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\b
|
Backspace
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\c
|
Suppress trailing newline
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\E
|
Escape character
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\f
|
Form feed
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\n
|
New line
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\r
|
Carriage return
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\t
|
Horizontal tab
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\v
|
Vertical tab
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\\
|
Backslash
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\num
|
The character whose ASCII code is NUM (octal).
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-E
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Explicitly turns off the interpretation of the above characters.
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