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NAME<br />

echo — display arguments<br />

SYNOPSIS<br />

echo argument...<br />

DESCRIPTION<br />

echo -- Command, KornShell Built-in<br />

echo writes its arguments to the standard output. echo accepts these C-style escape sequences:<br />

\a<br />

bell<br />

\b<br />

backspace<br />

\c<br />

removes any following characters including \n and \r<br />

\e<br />

escape character<br />

\E<br />

escape character<br />

\f<br />

formfeed<br />

\n<br />

newline<br />

\r<br />

carriage return<br />

\t<br />

horizontal tab<br />

\v<br />

vertical tab<br />

\xHH<br />

the character whose hexadecimal value is HH (on or two hex digits).<br />

\0num<br />

the byte with the numeric value specified by the zero to three digit octal num<br />

\\<br />

backslash<br />

echo follows the final argument with a newline unless it finds \c in the arguments. Arguments are<br />

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