ECHO(1)                    OpenBSD Reference Manual                    ECHO(1)

NAME
     echo - write arguments to the standard output

SYNOPSIS
     echo [-n] [string ...]

DESCRIPTION
     The echo utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank
     (` ') characters and followed by a newline (`\n') character, to the stan-
     dard output.  When no operands are given, only the newline is written.

     The options are as follows:

     -n      Do not print the trailing newline character.

     The echo utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.

SEE ALSO
     printf(1)

STANDARDS
     The echo utility is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') compati-
     ble.

OpenBSD 2.9                      July 22, 1993                               1
