echo - display a line of text

Synopsis

.. synopsis::

echo [OPTIONS] [STRING]

Description

.. only:: builder_man

      NOTE: This page documents the fish builtin ``echo``.
      To see the documentation on any non-fish versions, use ``command man echo``.

echo displays STRING of text.

The following options are available:

-n Do not output a newline.

-s Do not separate arguments with spaces.

-E Disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default).

-e Enable interpretation of backslash escapes.

Unlike other shells, this echo accepts -- to signal the end of the options.

Escape Sequences

If -e is used, the following sequences are recognized:

• \ backslash

• \a alert (BEL)

• \b backspace

• \c produce no further output

• \e escape

• \f form feed

• \n new line

• \r carriage return

• \t horizontal tab

• \v vertical tab

• \0NNN byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)

• \xHH byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)

Example

::

echo 'Hello World' Hello World

echo -e 'Top\nBottom' Top Bottom

echo -- -n -n

See Also

• the :doc:printf <printf> command, for more control over output formatting