1Path: mit-amt!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!gatech!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!herndon 2From: herndon@umn-cs.UUCP 3Newsgroups: net.sources 4Subject: GNU Echo, Release 1 5Message-ID: <1600001@umn-cs.UUCP> 6Date: 28 Oct 85 18:23:00 GMT 7 8 9/* Written 12:22 pm Oct 28, 1985 by umn-cs!herndon in umn-cs:net.jokes */ 10/* ---------- "GNU Echo, Release 1" ---------- */ 11 12 13 14 15GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1) 16 17 18 19NAME 20 echo - echo arguments 21 22SYNOPSIS 23 echo [ options ] ... 24 25DESCRIPTION 26 _^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated 27 by a newline on the standard output. Options to filter and 28 redirect the output are as follows: 29 30 -2 generate rhyming couplets from keywords 31 32 -3 generate Haiku verse from keywords 33 34 -5 generate limerick from keywords 35 36 -a convert ASCII to ASCII 37 38 -A disambiguate sentence structure 39 40 -b generate bureaucratese equivalent (see -x) 41 42 -B issue equivalent C code with bugs fixed 43 44 -c simplify/calculate arithmetic expression(s) 45 46 -C remove copyright notice(s) 47 48 -d define new echo switch map 49 50 -D delete all ownership information from system files 51 52 -e evaluate lisp expression(s) 53 54 -E convert ASCII to Navajo 55 56 -f read input from file 57 58 -F transliterate to french 59 60 -g generate pseudo-revolutionary marxist catch-phrases 61 62 -G prepend GNU manifesto 63 64 -h halt system (reboot suppressed on Suns, Apollos, and 65 VAXen, not supported on NOS-2) 66 67 -i emulate IBM OS/VU (recursive universes not supported) 68 69 -I emulate IBM VTOS 3.7.6 (chronosynclastic infundibulae 70 supported with restrictions documented in IBM VTOS 71 72 73 74Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 1 75 76 77 78 79 80 81GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1) 82 83 84 85 Reference Manual rev 3.2.6) 86 87 -J generate junk mail 88 89 -j justify text (see -b option) 90 91 -k output "echo" software tools 92 93 -K delete privileged accounts 94 95 -l generate legalese equivalent 96 97 -L load echo modules 98 99 -M generate mail 100 101 -N send output to all reachable networks (usable with -J, 102 -K, -h options) 103 104 -n do not add newline to the output 105 106 -o generate obscene text 107 108 -O clean up dirty language 109 110 -p decrypt and print /etc/passwd 111 112 -P port echo to all reachable networks 113 114 -P1 oolcay itay 115 116 -q query standard input for arguments 117 118 -r read alternate ".echo" file on start up 119 120 -R change root password to "RMS" 121 122 -s suspend operating system during output (Sun and VAX BSD 123 4.2 only) 124 125 -S translate to swahili 126 127 -T emulate TCP/IP handler 128 129 -t issue troff output 130 131 -u issue unix philosophy essay 132 133 -v generate reverberating echo 134 135 -V print debugging information 136 137 138 139 140Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 2 141 142 143 144 145 146 147GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1) 148 149 150 151 -x decrypt DES format messages (NSA secret algorithm CX 152 3.8, not distributed outside continental US) 153 154 _^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho is useful for producing diagnostics in shell programs 155 and for writing constant data on pipes. To send diagnostics 156 to the standard error file, do `echo ... 1>&2'. 157 158AUTHOR 159 Richard M. Stallman 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 3 207 208