Return to echo.1 CVS log

Up to [Research Unix] / researchv10dc / man / adm / man1

Annotation of researchv10dc/man/adm/man1/echo.1, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .TH ECHO 1 
        !             2: .CT 1 shell
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: echo, printf \- print arguments
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B echo
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B -n
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .B -e
        !            12: ]
        !            13: [
        !            14: .I arg ...
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .PP
        !            17: .B printf
        !            18: [
        !            19: .I format
        !            20: [
        !            21: .I arg...
        !            22: ]
        !            23: ]
        !            24: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            25: .I Echo
        !            26: writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated by
        !            27: a newline on the standard output.
        !            28: Option
        !            29: .B -n
        !            30: suppresses the newline.
        !            31: .PP
        !            32: Option 
        !            33: .B -e
        !            34: enables the interpretation of C-style escape codes,
        !            35: .LR \eb ,
        !            36: .LR \ef ,
        !            37: .LR \en ,
        !            38: .LR \er ,
        !            39: .LR \et ,
        !            40: .LR \e\e ,
        !            41: .L and 
        !            42: .BI \e ddd,
        !            43: where
        !            44: .I d
        !            45: is an octal digit,
        !            46: plus the special code
        !            47: .LR \ec ,
        !            48: which terminates the output.
        !            49: .PP
        !            50: .I Echo
        !            51: is useful for producing diagnostics in
        !            52: shell programs and for writing constant data on pipes.
        !            53: .PP
        !            54: .I Printf
        !            55: behaves like the library function of the same name; each
        !            56: .I arg
        !            57: is printed on the standard output according to the corresponding
        !            58: \&%-introduced specification in the
        !            59: .I format
        !            60: string.  The standard C escape sequences
        !            61: .BR \en ,
        !            62: .BR \er ,
        !            63: .BR \et ,
        !            64: .BR \eb ,
        !            65: and
        !            66: .BI \e digits
        !            67: are recognized in
        !            68: .IR format .
        !            69: The
        !            70: .I arg
        !            71: will be treated as a string if the corresponding format is
        !            72: .BR s ;
        !            73: otherwise it is evaluated as a C constant, with the following extensions:
        !            74: .IP
        !            75: A leading plus or minus is allowed.
        !            76: .IP
        !            77: If the leading character is a single or double quote, the value is the
        !            78: .SM ASCII
        !            79: code of the next character.
        !            80: .IP
        !            81: Otherwise, if the leading character is not a digit, the value is its
        !            82: .SM ASCII
        !            83: code.
        !            84: .PP
        !            85: The format string is reused as often as necessary to satisfy the
        !            86: .IR arg "'s."
        !            87: Any extra format specifications are evaluated with zero or the null string.
        !            88: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            89: .TP
        !            90: .L
        !            91: echo "can't open file" $1 1>&2
        !            92: Send a message to the standard error file.
        !            93: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            94: .IR printf (3)
        !            95: .SH BUGS
        !            96: .I Printf
        !            97: has no diagnostics for illegal syntax.

This archive runs on limited infrastructure. Preserving old code on modern bandwidth. Automated agents are requested to crawl responsibly.