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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
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9: /* Written 12:22 pm Oct 28, 1985 by umn-cs!herndon in umn-cs:net.jokes */
10: /* ---------- "GNU Echo, Release 1" ---------- */
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15: GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1)
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19: NAME
20: echo - echo arguments
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22: SYNOPSIS
23: echo [ options ] ...
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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:
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30: -2 generate rhyming couplets from keywords
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32: -3 generate Haiku verse from keywords
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34: -5 generate limerick from keywords
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36: -a convert ASCII to ASCII
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38: -A disambiguate sentence structure
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40: -b generate bureaucratese equivalent (see -x)
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42: -B issue equivalent C code with bugs fixed
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44: -c simplify/calculate arithmetic expression(s)
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46: -C remove copyright notice(s)
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50: -D delete all ownership information from system files
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52: -e evaluate lisp expression(s)
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54: -E convert ASCII to Navajo
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56: -f read input from file
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58: -F transliterate to french
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62: -G prepend GNU manifesto
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64: -h halt system (reboot suppressed on Suns, Apollos, and
65: VAXen, not supported on NOS-2)
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67: -i emulate IBM OS/VU (recursive universes not supported)
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69: -I emulate IBM VTOS 3.7.6 (chronosynclastic infundibulae
70: supported with restrictions documented in IBM VTOS
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87: -J generate junk mail
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89: -j justify text (see -b option)
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91: -k output "echo" software tools
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93: -K delete privileged accounts
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95: -l generate legalese equivalent
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97: -L load echo modules
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99: -M generate mail
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101: -N send output to all reachable networks (usable with -J,
102: -K, -h options)
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104: -n do not add newline to the output
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106: -o generate obscene text
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108: -O clean up dirty language
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110: -p decrypt and print /etc/passwd
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112: -P port echo to all reachable networks
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114: -P1 oolcay itay
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116: -q query standard input for arguments
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118: -r read alternate ".echo" file on start up
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120: -R change root password to "RMS"
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122: -s suspend operating system during output (Sun and VAX BSD
123: 4.2 only)
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125: -S translate to swahili
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127: -T emulate TCP/IP handler
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129: -t issue troff output
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131: -u issue unix philosophy essay
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133: -v generate reverberating echo
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151: -x decrypt DES format messages (NSA secret algorithm CX
152: 3.8, not distributed outside continental US)
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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'.
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158: AUTHOR
159: Richard M. Stallman
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