143687Scael.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 243687Scael.\" All rights reserved. 319408Smckusick.\" 443687Scael.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 543687Scael.\" 6*44953Scael.\" @(#)echo.1 6.4 (Berkeley) 07/24/90 743687Scael.\" 843687Scael.Dd 943687Scael.Dt ECHO 1 1043687Scael.Os 4.4 1143687Scael.Sh NAME 1243687Scael.Nm echo 1343687Scael.Nd write arguments to the standard output 1443687Scael.Sh SYNOPSIS 1543687Scael.Nm echo 1643687Scael.Op Fl n 1743687Scael.Op string\& ... 1843687Scael.Sh DESCRIPTION 19*44953ScaelThe 20*44953Scael.Nm 21*44953Scaelutility writes its arguments to standard output, 2243687Scaelfollowed by a <newline> character. 2343687ScaelIf there are no arguments, 2443687Scaelonly the <newline> character is written. 2543687Scael.Pp 2643687ScaelThe following option is available: 27*44953Scael.Tw Ds 2843687Scael.Tp Fl n 2943687ScaelThe output is not terminated with a newline. 3043687Scael.Tp 3143687Scael.Pp 3243687ScaelThe argument 3343687Scael.Ar string 3443687Scaeldefines a string to be written to standard output. 3543687Scael.Pp 3643687Scael.Nm Echo 3743687Scaelutility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. 3843687Scael.Sh STANDARDS 3943687ScaelThe 4043687Scael.Nm echo 4143687Scaelfunction is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible. 42