69 lines
1.5 KiB
Groff
69 lines
1.5 KiB
Groff
.TH ECHO 1
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.SH NAME \" Copyright (C) 1989 by Kenneth Almquist.
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echo \- produce message in a shell script
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B echo
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[
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.B -n
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.B -e
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]
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.I args...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Echo
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prints its arguments on the standard output, separated by spaces.
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Unless the
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.B -n
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option is present, a newline is output following the arguments.
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The
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.B -e
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option causes
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.I echo
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to treat the escape sequences specially, as described in the following
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paragraph.
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Only one of the options
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.B -n
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and
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.B -e
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may be given.
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.PP
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If any of the following sequences of characters is encountered during
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output, the sequence is not output. Instead, the specified action is
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performed:
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.de i
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.IP "\\fB\\$1\\fR" 5
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..
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.i \eb
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A backspace character is output.
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.i \ec
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Subsequent output is suppressed. This is normally used at the end of the
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last argument to suppress the trailing newline that
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.I echo
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would otherwise output.
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.i \ef
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Output a form feed.
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.i \en
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Output a newline character.
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.i \er
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Output a carriage return.
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.i \et
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Output a (horizontal) tab character.
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.i \ev
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Output a vertical tab.
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.i \e0\fIdigits\fR
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Output the character whose value is given by zero to three digits.
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If there are zero digits, a nul character is output.
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.i \e\e
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Output a backslash.
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.SH HINTS
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Remember that backslash is special to the shell and needs to be escaped.
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To output a message to standard error, say
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.sp
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.ti +1i
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echo message >&2
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.SH BUGS
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The octal character escape mechanism (\e0\fIdigits\fR) differs from the
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C language mechanism.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kenneth Almquist.
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