ECHO(1) User Commands ECHO(1)
NAME
 echo - display a line of text
SYNOPSIS
 echo [SHORT-OPTION]... [STRING]...
 echo LONG-OPTION
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:
 \\ 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
 0円NNN byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
 \xHH byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
 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 Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.
REPORTING BUGS
 GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
 Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
 Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
 GPL version 3 or later <https://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
 Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/echo>
 or available locally via: info '(coreutils) echo invocation'
GNU coreutils 8.32 February 2024 ECHO(1)