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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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