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authorRodney W. Grimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org>1994-05-26 06:18:55 +0000
committerRodney W. Grimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org>1994-05-26 06:18:55 +0000
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+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
+.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)echo.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 7/22/93
+.\"
+.Dd July 22, 1993
+.Dt ECHO 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm echo
+.Nd write arguments to the standard output
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm echo
+.Op Fl n
+.Op "string ..."
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm echo
+utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank (`` '')
+characters and followed by a newline (``\en'') character, to the standard
+output.
+.Pp
+The following option is available:
+.Bl -tag -width flag
+.It Fl n
+Do not print the trailing newline character.
+.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm echo
+utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr printf 1
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Nm echo
+utility is expected to be
+.St -p1003.2
+compatible.