.TH ECHO 1 2022-03-06 "OMKOV coreutils" "General Commands Manual"
.SH NAME
echo \(em write arguments to standard output
.SH SYNOPSYS
\fBecho\fR [\fIstring\fR...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Write arguments to standard output, seperated by a single space and followed by
a newline. If no arguments are given, only the newline is written.
.SH OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
.IP "\fIstring\fR" 8
A string to be written to standard output.
.RS 8
.PP
The following character sequences are supported within any argument:
.TP 8
\\a
Write an alert.
.TP 8
\\b
Write a backspce.
.TP 8
\\c
Suppress the final newline. All characters following the '\\c' are ignored.
.TP 8
\\f
Write a form feed.
.TP 8
\\n
Write a newline.
.TP 8
\\r
Write a carriage return.
.TP 8
\\t
Write a tab.
.TP 8
\\v
Write a vertical tab.
.TP 8
\\\\
Write a backslash.
.TP 8
\\0\fInum\fR
Write an 8-bit value that is the zero to three digit octal number \fInum\fR.
.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2020, Jakob Wakeling
MIT Licence (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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