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                     56: /* Written 12:22 pm  Oct 28, 1985 by umn-cs!herndon in umn-cs:net.jokes */
                     57: /* ---------- "GNU Echo, Release 1" ---------- */
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                     62: GNUecho(1)         UNIX Programmer's Manual           GNUecho(1)
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                     66: NAME
                     67:      echo - echo arguments
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                     69: SYNOPSIS
                     70:      echo [ options ] ...
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                     72: DESCRIPTION
                     73:      _^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated
                     74:      by        a newline on the standard output.  Options to filter and
                     75:      redirect the output are as        follows:
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                     77:      -2          generate rhyming couplets from keywords
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                     79:      -3          generate Haiku verse from keywords
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                     81:      -5          generate limerick from keywords
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                     83:      -a          convert ASCII to ASCII
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                     85:      -A          disambiguate sentence structure
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                     87:      -b          generate bureaucratese equivalent (see -x)
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                     89:      -B          issue equivalent C code with bugs fixed
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                     91:      -c          simplify/calculate arithmetic expression(s)
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                     93:      -C          remove copyright notice(s)
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                     95:      -d          define new echo switch map
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                     97:      -D          delete all ownership information from system files
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                     99:      -e          evaluate lisp expression(s)
                    100: 
                    101:      -E          convert ASCII to Navajo
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                    103:      -f          read input from file
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                    105:      -F          transliterate to french
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                    107:      -g          generate pseudo-revolutionary marxist catch-phrases
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                    109:      -G          prepend GNU manifesto
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                    111:      -h          halt system (reboot suppressed on Suns, Apollos, and
                    112:          VAXen, not supported on NOS-2)
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                    114:      -i          emulate IBM OS/VU (recursive universes not supported)
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                    116:      -I          emulate IBM VTOS 3.7.6 (chronosynclastic infundibulae
                    117:          supported with restrictions documented in IBM VTOS
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                    128: GNUecho(1)         UNIX Programmer's Manual           GNUecho(1)
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                    134:      -J          generate junk mail
                    135: 
                    136:      -j          justify text (see -b option)
                    137: 
                    138:      -k          output "echo" software tools
                    139: 
                    140:      -K          delete privileged accounts
                    141: 
                    142:      -l          generate legalese equivalent
                    143: 
                    144:      -L          load echo modules
                    145: 
                    146:      -M          generate mail
                    147: 
                    148:      -N          send output to all reachable networks (usable with -J,
                    149:          -K, -h options)
                    150: 
                    151:      -n          do not add newline to the output
                    152: 
                    153:      -o          generate obscene text
                    154: 
                    155:      -O          clean up dirty language
                    156: 
                    157:      -p          decrypt and print /etc/passwd
                    158: 
                    159:      -P          port echo to all reachable networks
                    160: 
                    161:      -P1  oolcay itay
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                    163:      -q          query standard input for arguments
                    164: 
                    165:      -r          read alternate ".echo" file on start up
                    166: 
                    167:      -R          change root password to "RMS"
                    168: 
                    169:      -s          suspend operating system during output (Sun and VAX BSD
                    170:          4.2 only)
                    171: 
                    172:      -S          translate to swahili
                    173: 
                    174:      -T          emulate TCP/IP handler
                    175: 
                    176:      -t          issue troff output
                    177: 
                    178:      -u          issue unix philosophy essay
                    179: 
                    180:      -v          generate reverberating echo
                    181: 
                    182:      -V          print debugging information
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                    194: GNUecho(1)         UNIX Programmer's Manual           GNUecho(1)
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                    198:      -x          decrypt DES format messages (NSA secret algorithm CX
                    199:          3.8, not distributed outside continental US)
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                    201:      _^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho is useful for    producing diagnostics in shell programs
                    202:      and for writing constant data on pipes.  To send diagnostics
                    203:      to        the standard error file, do `echo ... 1>&2'.
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                    205: AUTHOR
                    206:      Richard M.        Stallman
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                    253: Printed        10/28/85         18 January 1983                        3
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