ECHO(1) UNIX Reference Manual ECHO(1) NNAAMMEE eecchhoo - write arguments to the standard output SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS eecchhoo [--nn] [string ...] DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN The eecchhoo utility writes its arguments to standard output, followed by a <newline> character. If there are no arguments, only the <newline> char- acter is written. The following option is available: --nn The output is not terminated with a newline. The argument _s_t_r_i_n_g defines a string to be written to standard output. EEcchhoo utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. SSTTAANNDDAARRDDSS The eecchhoo function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.