.TH ECHO 1 "18 January 1983" .SH NAME echo \- echo arguments .SH SYNOPSIS .B echo [ .B \-n ] [ arg ] ... .SH DESCRIPTION .I Echo writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated by a newline on the standard output. If the flag .B \-n is used, no newline is added to the output. .PP .I 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'. From rlk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Mon Nov 11 16:26:24 1985 Date: Mon, 11 Nov 85 14:55:37 est From: rlk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU To: watchmakers, rms@prep, kin@seismo Subject: [simsong: GNU Echo, Release 1] Date: 10 Nov 1985 10:28:22-EST From: simsong@MEDIA-LAB.MIT.EDU@MIT-CCC Date: Sun, 10 Nov 85 10:29:24 est From: Simson Garfinkel To: info-cobol@mit-ccc Relay-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site mit-amt.MIT.EDU Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.3 $; site umn-cs.UUCP Path: mit-amt!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!gatech!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!herndon From: herndon@umn-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: GNU Echo, Release 1 Message-ID: <1600001@umn-cs.UUCP> Date: 28 Oct 85 18:23:00 GMT Date-Received: 10 Nov 85 05:29:10 GMT Lines: 203 Nf-ID: #N:umn-cs:1600001:000:3177 Nf-From: umn-cs!herndon Oct 28 12:23:00 1985 /* Written 12:22 pm Oct 28, 1985 by umn-cs!herndon in umn-cs:net.jokes */ /* ---------- "GNU Echo, Release 1" ---------- */ GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1) NAME echo - echo arguments SYNOPSIS echo [ options ] ... DESCRIPTION _E_c_h_o 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 infundibula supported with restrictions documented in IBM VTOS) Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 1 GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1) 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 Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 2 GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1) -x decrypt DES format messages (NSA secret algorithm CX 3.8, not distributed outside continental US) _E_c_h_o 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 Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 3 /* End of text from umn-cs:net.jokes */