ECHO(1) General Commands Manual ECHO(1)

NAME

echowrite arguments to the standard output

SYNOPSIS

echo [-n] [string ...]

DESCRIPTION

The echo utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank (`` '') characters and followed by a newline (``\n'') character, to the standard output.
The following option is available:
 
 
-n
Do not print the trailing newline character.

EXIT STATUS

The echo utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

printf(1)

STANDARDS

The echo utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (“POSIX.2”) compatible.

HISTORY

An echo utility appeared in Version 2 AT&T UNIX.
August 14, 2016 NetBSD 8.3