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2 <refnamediv> | |
3 <refname>ECHO</refname> | |
4 <refpurpose>Echo text to output path</refpurpose> | |
5 </refnamediv> | |
6 | |
7 <refsynopsisdiv> | |
8 <cmdsynopsis> | |
1093 | 9 <command>echo</command> |
138 | 10 <arg choice="plain"> |
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13 </cmdsynopsis> | |
14 </refsynopsisdiv> | |
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16 <refsect1><title>Description</title> | |
17 <para> | |
18 This command echoes its argument to the standard output path. It is | |
19 typically used to generate messages in shell procedure files or to | |
20 send an initialization character sequence to a terminal. The text | |
21 should not include any of the punctuation characters used by the | |
22 shell. | |
23 </para> | |
24 </refsect1> | |
25 <refsect1><title>Examples</title> | |
26 <screen> | |
27 echo >/T2 Hello John how's it going & (echo to T2) | |
28 | |
29 echo >/term ** warning ** disk about to be scratched 1 | |
30 | |
31 echo >/p Listing of Transaction File; list trans >/p | |
32 | |
33 | |
34 OS9: echo Here is an important message! | |
35 Here is an important message! | |
36 </screen> | |
37 </refsect1> | |
38 </refentry> | |
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