HardenedBSD/bin/echo/echo.1
Jordan K. Hubbard 6cef43a78b Well, it would appear that the "ayes" have it (though by a slim margin).
Apply my \c changes to echo.  It should also be noted that this is:
A) going into 2.2, not 2.1
B) a functional no-op unless you actually use it!
1995-08-31 17:25:55 +00:00

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.Dd July 22, 1993
.Dt ECHO 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm echo
.Nd write arguments to the standard output
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm echo
.Op Fl n
.Op "string ..."
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm echo
utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank (`` '')
characters and followed by a newline (``\en'') character, to the standard
output.
.Pp
The following option is available:
.Bl -tag -width flag
.It Fl n
Do not print the trailing newline character. This may also be
achieved by appending `\ec' to the end of the string, as is done
by iBCS2 compatible systems.
.El
.Pp
The
.Nm echo
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr printf 1
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm echo
utility is expected to be
.St -p1003.2
compatible.