.TH ECHO 1 .SH NAME echo \- print the arguments .SH SYNOPSIS \fBecho\fR [\fB\-n\fR] \fIargument\fR ...\fR .br .de FL .TP \\fB\\$1\\fR \\$2 .. .de EX .TP 20 \\fB\\$1\\fR # \\$2 .. .SH OPTIONS .FL "\-n" "No line feed is output when done" .SH EXAMPLES .EX "echo Start Phase 1" "\&'Start Phase 1\&' is printed" .EX "echo \-n Hello" "\&'Hello\&' is printed without a line feed" .SH DESCRIPTION .PP .I Echo writes its arguments to standard output. They are separated by blanks and terminated with a line feed unless .B \-n is present. This command is used mostly in shell scripts. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR sh (1).