1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions --- 19 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 33.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 34.\" 35.\" @(#)echo.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 7/22/93 |
36.\" $FreeBSD: head/bin/echo/echo.1 51090 1999-09-08 15:40:46Z sheldonh $ |
37.\" 38.Dd July 22, 1993 39.Dt ECHO 1 40.Os 41.Sh NAME 42.Nm echo 43.Nd write arguments to the standard output 44.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 9 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 54.Pp 55The following option is available: 56.Bl -tag -width flag 57.It Fl n 58Do not print the trailing newline character. This may also be 59achieved by appending `\ec' to the end of the string, as is done 60by iBCS2 compatible systems. 61.El |
62.Pp 63Some shells may provide a builtin 64.Nm 65command which is similar or identical to this utility. Consult 66the 67.Xr builtin 1 68manual page. |
69.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 70The 71.Nm 72utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. 73.Sh SEE ALSO |
74.Xr builtin 1 , 75.Xr csh 1 , 76.Xr printf 1 , 77.Xr sh 1 |
78.Sh STANDARDS 79The 80.Nm 81utility is expected to be 82.St -p1003.2 83compatible. |