ECHO(1) AerieBSD 1.0 Refernce Manual ECHO(1)

NAME

echo — write arguments to the standard output

SYNOPSIS

echo [-n] [string]...

DESCRIPTION

The echo utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank (‘\ \&’) characters and followed by a newline (‘\en’) character, to the standard output. When no operands are given, only the newline is written.

The options are as follows:
-n
Do not print the trailing newline character.

The echo utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO

printf(1)

STANDARDS

The echo utility is compliant with the specification.

The flag [-n] is an extension to that specification.


AerieBSD 1.0 Reference Manual August 26 2008 ECHO(1)