---
name: "jlessecho"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "jless"
version: "382-iso262-3"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jlessecho"
---

# jlessecho(1)

expand metacharacters

## NAME

lessecho - expand metacharacters

## SYNOPSIS

**lessecho** *\[-ox\] \[-cx\] \[-pn\] \[-dn\] \[-mx\] \[-nn\] \[-ex\] \[-a\] file ...*

## DESCRIPTION

*lessecho* is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard output. But any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-ox**

  Specifies "x" to be the open quote character.

- **-cx**

  Specifies "x" to be the close quote character.

- **-pn**

  Specifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.

- **-dn**

  Specifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.

- **-mx**

  Specifies "x" to be a metachar.

- **-nn**

  Specifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.

- **-ex**

  Specifies "x" to be the escape char for metachars.

- **-fn**

  Specifies "n" to be the escape char for metachars, as an integer.

- **-a**

  Specifies that all arguments are to be quoted. The default is that only arguments containing spaces are quoted.

## SEE ALSO

[less(1)](/less/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Thomas Schoepf \<schoepf@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

Send bug reports or comments to bug-less@gnu.org.