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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 | .\" |
| cf136d2c | 7 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% |
| f35cac8e | 8 | .\" |
| cf136d2c | 9 | .\" @(#)echo.1 6.7 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 86a35ec6 | 10 | .Vx |
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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 | |
| 20 | .Op string\& ... | |
| 21 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
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22 | The |
| 23 | .Nm | |
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24 | utility writes any specified operands (separated by single blank (`` '') |
| 25 | characters), followed by a newline (``\en'') character, to the standard | |
| 26 | output. | |
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27 | .Pp |
| 28 | The following option is available: | |
| 5325ced3 | 29 | .Tw Ds |
| f35cac8e | 30 | .Tp Fl n |
| 6df676a5 | 31 | Do not print the trailing newline character. |
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32 | .Tp |
| 33 | .Pp | |
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34 | .Nm Echo |
| 35 | utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. | |
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36 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| 37 | .Xr printf 1 | |
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38 | .Sh STANDARDS |
| 39 | The | |
| 40 | .Nm echo | |
| 41 | function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible. |