MirOS Manual: echo(1)

ECHO(1)                      BSD Reference Manual                      ECHO(1)

NAME

     echo - write arguments to the standard output

SYNOPSIS

     echo [-n] [string ...]

DESCRIPTION

     The echo utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank
     (' ') characters and followed by a newline ('\n') character, to the stan-
     dard output. When no operands are given, only the newline is written.

     The options are as follows:

     -n      Do not print the trailing newline character.

     The echo utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO

     printf(1)

STANDARDS

     The echo utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 ("POSIX.2") compati-
     ble.

MirOS BSD #10-current           July 22, 1993                                1

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