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ECHO(1)				 User Commands			       ECHO(1)

NAME
       echo - display a	line of	text

SYNOPSIS
       echo [SHORT-OPTION]... [STRING]...
       echo LONG-OPTION

DESCRIPTION
       Echo the	STRING(s) to standard output.

       -n     do not output the	trailing newline

       -e     enable interpretation of backslash escapes

       -E     disable interpretation of	backslash escapes (default)

       --help display this help	and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       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)

       Your  shell  may	have its own version of	echo, which usually supersedes
       the version described here.  Please refer to your shell's documentation
       for details about the options it	supports.

       Consider	using the printf(1) command instead,  as  it  avoids  problems
       when outputting option-like strings.

AUTHOR
       Written by Brian	Fox and	Chet Ramey.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C) 2025 Free	Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
       GPL version 3 or	later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free  to	change	and  redistribute  it.
       There is	NO WARRANTY, to	the extent permitted by	law.

SEE ALSO
       printf(1)

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/echo>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) echo	invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.6		 January 2025			       ECHO(1)

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