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echo(1F)

put string on virtual output

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

Also by this name: echo(1), General commands · echo-original(1), General commands · echo(1B), BSD versions of commands

NAME

echo - put string on virtual output

SYNOPSIS

echo [string ...]

DESCRIPTION

The echo function directs each string it is passed to stdout. If no argument is given, echo looks to stdin for input. It is often used in conditional execution or for passing a string to another command.

EXAMPLES

Set the done descriptor to help if a test fails:

done=`if [ -s $F1 ];
     then echo close;
     else echo help;
     fi`

SEE ALSO

echo(1).