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+echo command
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+============
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+Synopsis
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+--------
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+::
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+
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+ echo [-n] [args ...]
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+
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+Description
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+-----------
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+
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+The echo command prints its arguments to the console separated by spaces.
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+-n
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+ Do not print a line feed after the last argument.
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+args
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+ Arguments to be printed. The arguments are evaluated before being passed to
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+ the command.
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+
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+Examples
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+--------
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+Strings are parsed before the arguments are passed to the echo command:
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+::
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+
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+ => echo "a" 'b' c
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+ a b c
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+ =>
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+
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+Observe how variables included in strings are handled:
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+::
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+
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+ => setenv var X; echo "a)" ${var} 'b)' '${var}' c) ${var}
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+ a) X b) ${var} c) X
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+ =>
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+-n suppresses the line feed:
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+::
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+
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+ => echo -n 1 2 3; echo a b c
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+ 1 2 3a b c
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+ => echo -n 1 2 3
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+ 1 2 3=>
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+A more complex example:
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+::
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+ => for i in a b c; do for j in 1 2 3; do echo -n "${i}${j}, "; done; echo; done;
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+ a1, a2, a3,
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+ b1, b2, b3,
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+ c1, c2, c3,
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+ =>
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+Return value
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+------------
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+The return value $? is always set to 0 (true).
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