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GNUecho(1)          UNIX Programmer's Manual           GNUecho(1)

NAME
     echo - echo arguments

SYNOPSIS
     echo [ options ] ...

DESCRIPTION
     _Echo_ writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated
     by a newline on the standard output.  Options to filter and
     redirect the output are as follows:

     -2   generate rhyming couplets from keywords
     -3   generate Haiku verse from keywords
     -5   generate limerick from keywords
     -a   convert ASCII to ASCII
     -A   disambiguate sentence structure
     -b   generate bureaucratese equivalent (see -x)
     -B   issue equivalent C code with bugs fixed
     -c   simplify/calculate arithmetic expression(s)
     -C   remove copyright notice(s)
     -d   define new echo switch map
     -D   delete all ownership information from system files
     -e   evaluate lisp expression(s)
     -E   convert ASCII to Navajo
     -f   read input from file
     -F   transliterate to french
     -g   generate pseudo-revolutionary marxist catch-phrases
     -G   prepend GNU manifesto
     -h   halt system (reboot suppressed on Suns, Apollos, and
          VAXen, not supported on NOS-2)
     -i   emulate IBM OS/VU (recursive universes not supported)
     -I   emulate IBM VTOS 3.7.6 (chronosynclastic infundibulae
          supported with restrictions documented in IBM VTOS

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          Reference Manual rev 3.2.6)

     -J   generate junk mail
     -j   justify text (see -b option)
     -k   output "echo" software tools
     -K   delete privileged accounts
     -l   generate legalese equivalent
     -L   load echo modules
     -M   generate mail
     -N   send output to all reachable networks (usable with -J,
          -K, -h options)
     -n   do not add newline to the output
     -o   generate obscene text
     -O   clean up dirty language
     -p   decrypt and print /etc/passwd
     -P   port echo to all reachable networks
     -P1  oolcay itay
     -q   query standard input for arguments
     -r   read alternate ".echo" file on start up
     -R   change root password to "RMS"
     -s   suspend operating system during output (Sun and VAX BSD
          4.2 only)
     -S   translate to swahili
     -T   emulate TCP/IP handler
     -t   issue troff output
     -u   issue unix philosophy essay
     -v   generate reverberating echo
     -V   print debugging information

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     -x   decrypt DES format messages (NSA secret algorithm CX
          3.8, not distributed outside continental US)

     _Echo_ is useful for producing diagnostics in shell programs
     and for writing constant data on pipes.  To send diagnostics
     to the standard error file, do `echo ... 1>&2'.

AUTHOR
     Richard M. Stallman

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