<refentry id="echo">
<refnamediv>
<refname>ECHO</refname>
<refpurpose>Echo text to output path</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>ECHO</command>
<arg choice="plain">
  &replstart;text&replend;
</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para>
This command echoes its argument to the standard output path. It is
typically used to generate messages in shell procedure files or to
send an initialization character sequence to a terminal. The text
should not include any of the punctuation characters used by the
shell.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>
<screen>
echo &gt;/T2 Hello John how's it going &amp;    (echo to T2)

echo &gt;/term ** warning ** disk about to be scratched 1

echo &gt;/p Listing of Transaction File; list trans &gt;/p


OS9: echo Here is an important message!
Here is an important message!
</screen>
</refsect1>
</refentry>