| ECHO(1) | General Commands Manual | ECHO(1) |
NAME
echo - Display a line of text
SYNOPSIS
echo [OPTIONS]... [STRING]...
DESCRIPTION
Display a line of text
OPTIONS
- -n
- do not output the trailing newline
- -e
- enable interpretation of backslash escapes
- -E
- disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)
- -h, --help
- Print help
- -V, --version
- Print version
- [STRING]
EXTRA
Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.
If -e is in effect, the following sequences are recognized:
- \ backslash
- \a alert (BEL)
- \b backspace
- \c produce no further output
- \e escape
- \f form feed
- \n new line
- \r carriage return
- \t horizontal tab
- \v vertical tab
- \0NNN byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
- \xHH byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0
| 2026-09-01 |