From 8b41a5175d8f2336495daacf8d730d8e7015edad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bill Joy Date: Sat, 24 Nov 1979 10:40:34 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] BSD 3 development Work on file usr/man/man1/echo.1 Synthesized-from: 3bsd --- usr/man/man1/echo.1 | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 usr/man/man1/echo.1 diff --git a/usr/man/man1/echo.1 b/usr/man/man1/echo.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b3dc0f607e --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/man/man1/echo.1 @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +.TH ECHO 1 +.SH NAME +echo \- echo arguments +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B echo +[ +.B \-n +] +[ arg ] ... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Echo +writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated by +a newline on the standard output. +If the flag +.B \-n +is used, +no newline is added to the output. +.PP +.I Echo +is useful for producing diagnostics in +shell programs and for writing constant data on pipes. +To send diagnostics to the standard error file, do +`echo ... 1>&2'. -- 2.20.1