1.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)echo.1 6.6 (Berkeley) 06/17/91 7.\" 8.Vx 9.Dd 10.Dt ECHO 1 11.Os 12.Sh NAME 13.Nm echo 14.Nd write arguments to the standard output 15.Sh SYNOPSIS 16.Nm echo 17.Op Fl n 18.Op string\& ... 19.Sh DESCRIPTION 20The 21.Nm 22utility writes any specified operands (separated by single blank (`` '') 23characters), followed by a newline (``\en'') character, to the standard 24output. 25.Pp 26The following option is available: 27.Tw Ds 28.Tp Fl n 29Do not print the trailing newline character. 30.Tp 31.Pp 32.Nm Echo 33utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. 34.Sh SEE ALSO 35.Xr printf 1 36.Sh STANDARDS 37The 38.Nm echo 39function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible. 40