---
name: "hello"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hello"
version: "2.10-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hello"
---

# hello(1)

friendly greeting program

## NAME

hello - friendly greeting program

## SYNOPSIS

**hello** \[*OPTION*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

Print a friendly, customizable greeting.

- **-h**, **--help**

  display this help and exit

- **-v**, **--version**

  display version information and exit

- **-t**, **--traditional**

  use traditional greeting

- **-g**, **--greeting**=*TEXT*

  use TEXT as the greeting message

## ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

See man/hello.x ⟨http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hello.git/tree/man/hello.x⟩ how to add addtional information to a manual page.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: bug-hello@gnu.org\
 GNU Hello home page: \<http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/\>\
 General help using GNU software: \<http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later \<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html\>\
 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **hello** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **hello** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

-

  **info hello**

should give you access to the complete manual.