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4c665c96 | 1 | .\" @(#)echo.1 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
b6a59bd8 | 2 | .\" |
4c665c96 | 3 | .TH ECHO 1 "" |
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4 | .AT 3 |
5 | .SH NAME | |
6 | echo \- echo arguments | |
7 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
8 | .B echo | |
9 | [ | |
10 | .B \-n | |
11 | ] | |
12 | [ arg ] ... | |
13 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
14 | .I Echo | |
15 | writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated by | |
ee8a8962 | 16 | a newline on the standard output. If the flag |
b6a59bd8 | 17 | .B \-n |
ee8a8962 | 18 | is used, no newline is added to the output. |
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19 | .PP |
20 | .I Echo | |
21 | is useful for producing diagnostics in | |
22 | shell programs and for writing constant data on pipes. | |
ee8a8962 | 23 | To send diagnostics to the standard error file, do `echo ... 1>&2'. |