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User Commands  - echo- (1)

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NAME

echo-(1f) - [FUNIX] display a line of text (LICENSE:PD)

CONTENTS

Synopsis
Description
Options
Examples

SYNOPSIS

echo- [OPTION]... [STRING]...

DESCRIPTION

Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.

OPTIONS

-n	do not output the trailing newline
-E	write message to stderr instead of stdout
-ne	disable interpretation of escape escapes
-r [n]	output a string repeatedly until killed if n is blank or n <= 0, else repeat output "n" times. Default value is "1".
-x	escape character. Default is %
--help	display this help and exit --version output version information and exit

Escape sequences

            %%     escape character           %a     alert (BEL)
            %b     backspace                  %c     suppress further output
            %e     escape                     %E     escape
            %f     form feed                  %n     new line
            %r     carriage return            %t     horizontal tab
            %v     vertical tab
            %oNNN  byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
            %dNNN  byte with decimal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
            %xHH   byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)

EXAMPLES

Example invocations:

         echo- Echo this text to stderr -E
         echo- y -r             # repeat "y" until interrupted
         echo- ’’"#"’’ -r 80 -n # create 80-character break line
         echo- %e[2J   # clear screen on vt102-compatible terminal or emulator

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Nemo Release 3.1

echo- (1)

February 23, 2025

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