143687Scael.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 243687Scael.\" All rights reserved. 319408Smckusick.\" 4*50188Sbostic.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 5*50188Sbostic.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 6*50188Sbostic.\" 743687Scael.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 843687Scael.\" 9*50188Sbostic.\" @(#)echo.1 6.7 (Berkeley) 06/27/91 1047304Scael.Vx 1143687Scael.Dd 1243687Scael.Dt ECHO 1 1347304Scael.Os 1443687Scael.Sh NAME 1543687Scael.Nm echo 1643687Scael.Nd write arguments to the standard output 1743687Scael.Sh SYNOPSIS 1843687Scael.Nm echo 1943687Scael.Op Fl n 2043687Scael.Op string\& ... 2143687Scael.Sh DESCRIPTION 2244953ScaelThe 2344953Scael.Nm 2450080Sbosticutility writes any specified operands (separated by single blank (`` '') 2550080Sbosticcharacters), followed by a newline (``\en'') character, to the standard 2650080Sbosticoutput. 2743687Scael.Pp 2843687ScaelThe following option is available: 2944953Scael.Tw Ds 3043687Scael.Tp Fl n 3150080SbosticDo not print the trailing newline character. 3243687Scael.Tp 3343687Scael.Pp 3443687Scael.Nm Echo 3543687Scaelutility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. 3650080Sbostic.Sh SEE ALSO 3750080Sbostic.Xr printf 1 3843687Scael.Sh STANDARDS 3943687ScaelThe 4043687Scael.Nm echo 4143687Scaelfunction is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible. 42