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Diffstat (limited to 'bin/sh/bltin')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/sh/bltin/echo.1 | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/bin/sh/bltin/echo.1 b/bin/sh/bltin/echo.1 index 39a5aa192ec9..c5a1b424f253 100644 --- a/bin/sh/bltin/echo.1 +++ b/bin/sh/bltin/echo.1 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)echo.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 5/4/95 -.\" $Id: echo.1,v 1.2 1994/09/24 02:58:27 davidg Exp $ +.\" $Id: echo.1,v 1.3 1996/09/01 10:22:15 peter Exp $ .\" .Dd May 4, 1995 .Dt ECHO 1 @@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ .Nm echo .Nd produce message in a shell script .Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm echo +.Nm .Op Fl n | Fl e .Ar args... .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Echo +.Nm prints its arguments on the standard output, separated by spaces. Unless the .Fl n @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ option is present, a newline is output following the arguments. The .Fl e option causes -.Nm echo +.Nm to treat the escape sequences specially, as described in the following paragraph. The @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ A backspace character is output. .It Li \ec Subsequent output is suppressed. This is normally used at the end of the last argument to suppress the trailing newline that -.Nm echo +.Nm would otherwise output. .It Li \ef Output a form feed. @@ -107,6 +107,6 @@ differs from the C language mechanism. .Pp There is no way to force -.Nm echo +.Nm to treat its arguments literally, rather than interpreting them as options and escape sequences. |