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1LESSECHO(1)                                                        LESSECHO(1)
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5[1mNAME[0m
6       lessecho - expand metacharacters
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8[1mSYNOPSIS[0m
9       [1mlessecho [4m[22m[-ox][24m [4m[-cx][24m [4m[-pn][24m [4m[-dn][24m [4m[-mx][24m [4m[-nn][24m [4m[-ex][24m [4m[-a][24m [4mfile[24m [4m...[0m
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11[1mDESCRIPTION[0m
12       [4mlessecho[24m  is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard out-
13       put.  But any metacharacter in the output is preceded  by  an  "escape"
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17       A summary of options is included below.
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19       [1m-ex    [22mSpecifies  "x", rather than backslash, to be the escape char for
20              metachars.  If x is "-", no escape char is  used  and  arguments
21              containing metachars are surrounded by quotes instead.
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23       [1m-ox    [22mSpecifies  "x",  rather  than double-quote, to be the open quote
24              character, which is used if the -e- option is specified.
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26       [1m-cx    [22mSpecifies "x" to be the close quote character.
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28       [1m-pn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.
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30       [1m-dn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.
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32       [1m-mx    [22mSpecifies "x" to be a metachar.  By default, no  characters  are
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35       [1m-nn    [22mSpecifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.
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37       [1m-fn    [22mSpecifies  "n"  to be the escape char for metachars, as an inte-
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40       [1m-a     [22mSpecifies that all arguments are to be quoted.  The  default  is
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44       less(1)
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46[1mAUTHOR[0m
47       This  manual  page  was written by Thomas Schoepf <schoepf@debian.org>,
48       for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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50       Send bug reports or comments to bug-less@gnu.org.
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54                           Version 451: 21 Jul 2012                LESSECHO(1)
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