uu-echo(1)

Usage

echo [OPTIONS] ... [STRING] ...

Overview

Display a line of text

Options

-n: do not output the trailing newline

-e: enable interpretation of backslash escapes

-E: disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)

-h, --help: Print help

-V, --version: Print version

[STRING]

Extra

Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.

If -e is in effect, the following sequences are recognized:

- \ backslash
- \a alert (BEL)
- \b backspace
- \c produce no further output
- \e escape
- \f form feed
- \n new line
- \r carriage return
- \t horizontal tab
- \v vertical tab
- \0NNN byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
- \xHH byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)

Version

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0