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Synopsis

echo [OPTION]... [STRING]...

Description

Echo the STRING(s) to standard output. Runs in the just-bash WASM shell inside SLICC.

Options

-n Do not output the trailing newline.

-e Enable interpretation of backslash escapes.

Escape Sequences (with -e)

\n New line.

\t Horizontal tab.

\\ Backslash.

Examples

$ echo "Hello, World!"

Print a greeting.

$ echo -n "no newline"

Print without a trailing newline.

$ echo -e "line1\nline2"

Print two lines using escape sequence.

Notes

In SLICC's shell, echo is a built-in command of the just-bash interpreter.

See Also

printf, cat