UNIX/Linux Shell Echo Command
echo - display a line of text
echo [
OPTION]... [
STRING]...
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
