• 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:

  \0NNN

  the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)

  \\

  backslash

  \a

  alert (BEL)

  \b

  backspace

  \c

  produce no further output

  \f

  form feed

  \n

  new line

  \r

  carriage return

  \t

  horizontal tab

  \v

  vertical tab
  
  NOTE: your shell may have its own version of echo, which usually supersedes the version described here.  Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

• AUTHOR
  
  Written by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.
• REPORTING BUGS
  
  Report echo bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
  GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
  General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
• COPYRIGHT
  
  Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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
  
  The full documentation for echo is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and echo programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils (aqecho invocation(aq
  
  should give you access to the complete manual.

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