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32.\"	@(#)echo.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 7/22/93
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35.Dd April 12, 2003
36.Dt ECHO 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm echo
40.Nd write arguments to the standard output
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl n
44.Op Ar string ...
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank
49.Pq Ql "\ "
50characters and followed by a newline
51.Pq Ql \en
52character, to the standard
53output.
54.Pp
55The following option is available:
56.Bl -tag -width flag
57.It Fl n
58Do not print the trailing newline character.
59This may also be achieved by appending
60.Ql \ec
61to the end of the string, as is done
62by iBCS2 compatible systems.
63Note that this option as well as the effect of
64.Ql \ec
65are implementation-defined in
66.St -p1003.1-2001
67as amended by Cor.\& 1-2002.
68Applications aiming for maximum
69portability are strongly encouraged to use
70.Xr printf 1
71to suppress the newline character.
72.El
73.Pp
74Some shells may provide a builtin
75.Nm
76command which is similar or identical to this utility.
77Consult the
78.Xr builtin 1
79manual page.
80.Sh EXIT STATUS
81.Ex -std
82.Sh SEE ALSO
83.Xr builtin 1 ,
84.Xr csh 1 ,
85.Xr printf 1 ,
86.Xr sh 1
87.Sh STANDARDS
88The
89.Nm
90utility conforms to
91.St -p1003.1-2001
92as amended by Cor.\& 1-2002.
93