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1.1 ! root 1: Path: mit-amt!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!gatech!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!herndon ! 2: From: [email protected] ! 3: Newsgroups: net.sources ! 4: Subject: GNU Echo, Release 1 ! 5: Message-ID: <[email protected]> ! 6: Date: 28 Oct 85 18:23:00 GMT ! 7: ! 8: ! 9: /* Written 12:22 pm Oct 28, 1985 by umn-cs!herndon in umn-cs:net.jokes */ ! 10: /* ---------- "GNU Echo, Release 1" ---------- */ ! 11: ! 12: ! 13: ! 14: ! 15: GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1) ! 16: ! 17: ! 18: ! 19: NAME ! 20: echo - echo arguments ! 21: ! 22: SYNOPSIS ! 23: echo [ options ] ... ! 24: ! 25: DESCRIPTION ! 26: _^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated ! 27: by a newline on the standard output. Options to filter and ! 28: redirect the output are as follows: ! 29: ! 30: -2 generate rhyming couplets from keywords ! 31: ! 32: -3 generate Haiku verse from keywords ! 33: ! 34: -5 generate limerick from keywords ! 35: ! 36: -a convert ASCII to ASCII ! 37: ! 38: -A disambiguate sentence structure ! 39: ! 40: -b generate bureaucratese equivalent (see -x) ! 41: ! 42: -B issue equivalent C code with bugs fixed ! 43: ! 44: -c simplify/calculate arithmetic expression(s) ! 45: ! 46: -C remove copyright notice(s) ! 47: ! 48: -d define new echo switch map ! 49: ! 50: -D delete all ownership information from system files ! 51: ! 52: -e evaluate lisp expression(s) ! 53: ! 54: -E convert ASCII to Navajo ! 55: ! 56: -f read input from file ! 57: ! 58: -F transliterate to french ! 59: ! 60: -g generate pseudo-revolutionary marxist catch-phrases ! 61: ! 62: -G prepend GNU manifesto ! 63: ! 64: -h halt system (reboot suppressed on Suns, Apollos, and ! 65: VAXen, not supported on NOS-2) ! 66: ! 67: -i emulate IBM OS/VU (recursive universes not supported) ! 68: ! 69: -I emulate IBM VTOS 3.7.6 (chronosynclastic infundibulae ! 70: supported with restrictions documented in IBM VTOS ! 71: ! 72: ! 73: ! 74: Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 1 ! 75: ! 76: ! 77: ! 78: ! 79: ! 80: ! 81: GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1) ! 82: ! 83: ! 84: ! 85: Reference Manual rev 3.2.6) ! 86: ! 87: -J generate junk mail ! 88: ! 89: -j justify text (see -b option) ! 90: ! 91: -k output "echo" software tools ! 92: ! 93: -K delete privileged accounts ! 94: ! 95: -l generate legalese equivalent ! 96: ! 97: -L load echo modules ! 98: ! 99: -M generate mail ! 100: ! 101: -N send output to all reachable networks (usable with -J, ! 102: -K, -h options) ! 103: ! 104: -n do not add newline to the output ! 105: ! 106: -o generate obscene text ! 107: ! 108: -O clean up dirty language ! 109: ! 110: -p decrypt and print /etc/passwd ! 111: ! 112: -P port echo to all reachable networks ! 113: ! 114: -P1 oolcay itay ! 115: ! 116: -q query standard input for arguments ! 117: ! 118: -r read alternate ".echo" file on start up ! 119: ! 120: -R change root password to "RMS" ! 121: ! 122: -s suspend operating system during output (Sun and VAX BSD ! 123: 4.2 only) ! 124: ! 125: -S translate to swahili ! 126: ! 127: -T emulate TCP/IP handler ! 128: ! 129: -t issue troff output ! 130: ! 131: -u issue unix philosophy essay ! 132: ! 133: -v generate reverberating echo ! 134: ! 135: -V print debugging information ! 136: ! 137: ! 138: ! 139: ! 140: Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 2 ! 141: ! 142: ! 143: ! 144: ! 145: ! 146: ! 147: GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1) ! 148: ! 149: ! 150: ! 151: -x decrypt DES format messages (NSA secret algorithm CX ! 152: 3.8, not distributed outside continental US) ! 153: ! 154: _^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho is useful for producing diagnostics in shell programs ! 155: and for writing constant data on pipes. To send diagnostics ! 156: to the standard error file, do `echo ... 1>&2'. ! 157: ! 158: AUTHOR ! 159: Richard M. Stallman ! 160: ! 161: ! 162: ! 163: ! 164: ! 165: ! 166: ! 167: ! 168: ! 169: ! 170: ! 171: ! 172: ! 173: ! 174: ! 175: ! 176: ! 177: ! 178: ! 179: ! 180: ! 181: ! 182: ! 183: ! 184: ! 185: ! 186: ! 187: ! 188: ! 189: ! 190: ! 191: ! 192: ! 193: ! 194: ! 195: ! 196: ! 197: ! 198: ! 199: ! 200: ! 201: ! 202: ! 203: ! 204: ! 205: ! 206: Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 3 ! 207:
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