echo(1)

NAME
     echo - produce message in a shell script

SYNOPSIS
     echo [ -n | -e ] args...

DESCRIPTION
     Echo prints its arguments on the standard output,  separated  by  spaces.
     Unless  the  -n  option  is  present,  a  newline is output following the
     arguments.  The -e option causes  echo  to  treat  the  escape  sequences
     specially,  as  described  in  the  following paragraph.  Only one of the
     options -n and -e may be given.

     If any of the following sequences of  characters  is  encountered  during
     output,  the  sequence  is  not output.  Instead, the specified action is
     performed:

     \b   A backspace character is output.

     \c   Subsequent output is suppressed.  This is normally used at  the  end
          of  the  last  argument  to  suppress the trailing newline that echo
          would otherwise output.

     \f   Output a form feed.

     \n   Output a newline character.

     \r   Output a carriage return.

     \t   Output a (horizontal) tab character.

     \v   Output a vertical tab.

     \0digits
          Output the character whose value is given by zero to  three  digits.
          If there are zero digits, a nul character is output.

     \\   Output a backslash.

HINTS
     Remember that backslash is special to the shell and needs to be  escaped.
     To output a message to standard error, say

                 echo message >&2

BUGS
     The octal character  escape  mechanism  (\0digits)  differs  from  the  C
     language mechanism.


AUTHOR
     Kenneth Almquist.