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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
| b6a59bd8 | 3 | .\" |
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4 | .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by |
| 5 | .\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. | |
| f35cac8e | 6 | .\" |
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7 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% |
| 8 | .\" | |
| 9 | .\" @(#)echo.1 6.8 (Berkeley) %G% | |
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10 | .\" |
| 11 | .Dd | |
| 12 | .Dt ECHO 1 | |
| 86a35ec6 | 13 | .Os |
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14 | .Sh NAME |
| 15 | .Nm echo | |
| 16 | .Nd write arguments to the standard output | |
| 17 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 18 | .Nm echo | |
| 19 | .Op Fl n | |
| 28c11414 | 20 | .Op "string ..." |
| f35cac8e | 21 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| 5325ced3 | 22 | The |
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23 | .Nm echo |
| 24 | utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank (`` '') | |
| 25 | characters) and followed by a newline (``\en'') character, to the standard | |
| 6df676a5 | 26 | output. |
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27 | .Pp |
| 28 | The following option is available: | |
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29 | .Bl -tag -width flag |
| 30 | .It Fl n | |
| 6df676a5 | 31 | Do not print the trailing newline character. |
| 28c11414 | 32 | .El |
| f35cac8e | 33 | .Pp |
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34 | The |
| 35 | .Nm echo | |
| f35cac8e | 36 | utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. |
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37 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| 38 | .Xr printf 1 | |
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39 | .Sh STANDARDS |
| 40 | The | |
| 41 | .Nm echo | |
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42 | utility is expected to be |
| 43 | .St -p1003.2 | |
| 44 | compatible. |