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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man1/echo.1 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man1/echo.1 b/static/openbsd/man1/echo.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b4426c93 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man1/echo.1 @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: echo.1,v 1.25 2026/02/25 21:57:43 jcs Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: echo.1,v 1.7 1995/03/21 09:04:26 cgd Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)echo.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 7/22/93 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 25 2026 $ +.Dt ECHO 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm echo +.Nd write arguments to the standard output +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm echo +.Op Fl Een +.Op Ar string ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank +.Pq Sq \ \& +characters and followed by a newline +.Pq Sq \en +character, to the standard +output. +.Pp +When no operands are given, only the newline is written. +The +.Fl \- +operand, +which generally denotes an end to option processing, +is treated as part of +.Ar string . +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl E +Disable interpretation of backslash escape sequences (default). +.It Fl e +Enable interpretation of the following backslash escape sequences: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It Cm \e\e +A literal backslash. +.It Cm \ea +Alert (BEL). +.It Cm \eb +Backspace. +.It Cm \ec +Suppress further output, including the trailing newline character. +.It Cm \ee +Escape character. +.It Cm \ef +Form feed. +.It Cm \en +Newline. +.It Cm \er +Carriage return. +.It Cm \et +Horizontal tab. +.It Cm \ev +Vertical tab. +.It Cm \e0 Ns Ar nnn +The character whose octal value is +.Ar nnn +(zero to three octal digits). +.It Cm \ex Ns Ar hh +The character whose hexadecimal value is +.Ar hh +(one or two hexadecimal digits). +.El +.It Fl n +Do not print the trailing newline character. +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std echo +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr csh 1 , +.Xr ksh 1 , +.Xr printf 1 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility is compliant with the +.St -p1003.1-2008 +specification. +.Pp +The flags +.Op Fl E , +.Op Fl e , +and +.Op Fl n +conflict with the behaviour mandated by the +X/Open System Interfaces option of the +.St -p1003.1-2008 +specification, +which says they should be treated as part of +.Ar string . +.Pp +.Nm +also exists as a built-in to +.Xr csh 1 +and +.Xr ksh 1 , +though with a different syntax. +.Pp +Where portability is paramount, use +.Xr printf 1 . +.Sh HISTORY +An +.Nm +utility appeared in +.At v2 . |
