NAME
echo - display a line of text

SYNOPSIS

echo [OPTION]… [STRING]…

DESCRIPTION

Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.

-n     do not output the trailing newline

-e     enable interpretation of backslash escapes

-E     disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)

–help display this help and exit

–version
output version information and exit

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

\0NNN  the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)

\\     backslash

\a     alert (BEL)

\b     backspace

\c     suppress trailing newline

\f     form feed

\n     new line

\r     carriage return

\t     horizontal tab

\v     vertical tab

NOTE: your shell may have its own version of echo, which usually super-
sedes the version described here.  Please refer to your    shell’s  docu-
mentation for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR

Written by FIXME unknown.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This  is  free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
terms      of      the       GNU        General      Public       License
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.     There    is NO WARRANTY, to the
extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

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

info echo

should give you access to the complete manual.