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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/MULTI/echo, revision 1.1.1.1

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                      3: echo                         Command                         echo
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                      8: Repeat/expand an argument
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                     10: eecchhoo [-nn] [_a_r_g_u_m_e_n_t ...]
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                     12: eecchhoo prints each _a_r_g_u_m_e_n_t on the standard output, placing a space
                     13: between each  _a_r_g_u_m_e_n_t. It  appends a newline  to the end  of the
                     14: output unless the -nn flag is present.
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                     16: eecchhoo recognizes  the following special  character sequences.  For
                     17: each occurrence of the sequence, it substitutes the corresponding
                     18: ASCII character.
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                     21:                \b        Backspace
                     22:                \c        Print line without a newline (like -nn option)
                     23:                \f        Formfeed
                     24:                \n        Newline
                     25:                \r        Carriage return
                     26:                \t        Tab
                     27:                \v        Vertical tab
                     28:                \\        Backslash
                     29:                \_n_n_n      _n_n_n is the octal value of the desired character
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                     32:  For example, if you type:
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                     35:           echo 'Please enter your name: \007\c'
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                     37: 
                     38: the shell prints
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                     40: 
                     41:           Please enter your name:
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                     44: on your screen.  Note  that the \000077 sequence causes the terminal
                     45: bell to sound, and that  since the \cc sequence was specified, the
                     46: cursor will be left positioned after the colon.
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                     48: ***** See Also *****
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                     50: ccoommmmaannddss, kksshh, sshh
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                     52: ***** Notes *****
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                     54: Under the  Korn shell, eecchhoo is an alias  for its built-in command
                     55: pprriinntt.
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                     64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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