4.3BSD-Reno/src/bin/echo/echo.1

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.Dd July 24, 1990
.Dt ECHO 1
.Os 4.4
.Sh NAME
.Nm echo
.Nd write arguments to the standard output
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm echo
.Op Fl n
.Op string\& ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility writes its arguments to standard output,
followed by a <newline> character.
If there are no arguments,
only the <newline> character is written.
.Pp
The following option is available:
.Tw Ds
.Tp Fl n
The output is not terminated with a newline.
.Tp
.Pp
The argument
.Ar string
defines a string to be written to standard output.
.Pp
.Nm Echo
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm echo
function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.