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        !            18: .\"     @(#)echo.1     6.4 (Berkeley) 7/24/90
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        !            20: .Dd July 24, 1990
        !            21: .Dt ECHO 1
        !            22: .Os 4.4
        !            23: .Sh NAME
        !            24: .Nm echo
        !            25: .Nd write arguments to the standard output
        !            26: .Sh SYNOPSIS
        !            27: .Nm echo
        !            28: .Op Fl n
        !            29: .Op string\& ...
        !            30: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            31: The
        !            32: .Nm
        !            33: utility writes its arguments to standard output,
        !            34: followed by a <newline> character.
        !            35: If there are no arguments,
        !            36: only the <newline> character is written.
        !            37: .Pp
        !            38: The following option is available:
        !            39: .Tw Ds
        !            40: .Tp Fl n
        !            41: The output is not terminated with a newline.
        !            42: .Tp
        !            43: .Pp
        !            44: The argument
        !            45: .Ar string
        !            46: defines a string to be written to standard output.
        !            47: .Pp
        !            48: .Nm Echo
        !            49: utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
        !            50: .Sh STANDARDS
        !            51: The
        !            52: .Nm echo
        !            53: function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.

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