1.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 6.\" 7.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% 8.\" 9.\" @(#)echo.1 6.8 (Berkeley) 07/27/91 10.\" 11.Dd 12.Dt ECHO 1 13.Os 14.Sh NAME 15.Nm echo 16.Nd write arguments to the standard output 17.Sh SYNOPSIS 18.Nm echo 19.Op Fl n 20.Op "string ..." 21.Sh DESCRIPTION 22The 23.Nm echo 24utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank (`` '') 25characters) and followed by a newline (``\en'') character, to the standard 26output. 27.Pp 28The following option is available: 29.Bl -tag -width flag 30.It Fl n 31Do not print the trailing newline character. 32.El 33.Pp 34The 35.Nm echo 36utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. 37.Sh SEE ALSO 38.Xr printf 1 39.Sh STANDARDS 40The 41.Nm echo 42utility is expected to be 43.St -p1003.2 44compatible. 45