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From: grady@ucbvax.ARPA (Steven Grady)
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Subject: new 'echo'
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Date: Mon, 15-Apr-85 17:08:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 15 17:08:12 1985
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.TH ECHO 1 "15 April 1985"
.SH NAME
echo \- echo arguments
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B echo
[
.B \-nqr
]
[ arg ] ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Echo
writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated by
a newline on the standard output.  If the flag
.B \-n
is used, no newline is added to the output.
If the flag
.B \-q
is used, the
.I echo
runs quietly (arguments are not echoed).
.B \-r
is used to echo arguments randomly.
.PP
.I Echo
is useful for producing diagnostics in
shell programs and for writing constant data on pipes.
To send diagnostics to the standard error file, do `echo ... 1>&2'.
.I Echo
with the 
.B \-q
or
.B \-r
option is not useful.