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diff --git a/Doc/help/echo b/Doc/help/echo new file mode 100644 index 000000000..24299d6f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/help/echo @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +echo [ -neE ] [ arg ... ] + Write each arg on the standard output, with a space separating + each one. If the -n flag is not present, print a newline at the + end. echo recognizes the following escape sequences: + + \a bell character + \b backspace + \c suppress subsequent characters and final newline + \e escape + \f form feed + \n linefeed (newline) + \r carriage return + \t horizontal tab + \v vertical tab + \\ backslash + \0NNN character code in octal + \xNN character code in hexadecimal + \uNNNN unicode character code in hexadecimal + \UNNNNNNNN + unicode character code in hexadecimal + + The -E flag, or the BSD_ECHO option, can be used to disable + these escape sequences. In the latter case, -e flag can be used + to enable them. + + Note that for standards compliance a double dash does not termi- + nate option processing; instead, it is printed directly. How- + ever, a single dash does terminate option processing, so the + first dash, possibly following options, is not printed, but ev- + erything following it is printed as an argument. The single + dash behaviour is different from other shells. For a more por- + table way of printing text, see printf, and for a more control- + lable way of printing text within zsh, see print. |