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GNU shell utilities

4.1 echo: Print a line of text

echo writes each given string to standard output, with a space between each and a newline after the last one. Synopsis:

echo [option]... [string]...

The program accepts the following options. Also see 2. Common options.

`-n'

Do not output the trailing newline.

`-e'

Enable interpretation of the following backslash-escaped characters in each string:

`\a'

alert (bell)

`\b'

backspace

`\c'

suppress trailing newline

`\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.