echo

echo: display a line of text.

Synopsis

echo [-n] [word…]

Description

echo writes its words to standard output, separated by single spaces, followed by a new line.

Options

-n

Do not write the trailing new line. Only a first argument of -n is taken as the option; anywhere else it is a word.

Exit status

Always 0.

Examples

echo hello world
echo -n "no new line"
echo $PATH

Notes

echo is a program, not a shell builtin. It does not interpret backslash escapes, and has no -e or -E.

See also

sh(1), cat(1)