echo [-neE] [arg ...]
              Prints its arguments (separated by spaces) followed by  a  new-
              line, to standard out.  The newline is suppressed if any of the
              arguments contain the backslash sequence \c.  See print command
              below  for  a list of other backslash sequences that are recog-
              nized.

              The options are  provided  for  compatibility  with  BSD  shell
              scripts:  -n  suppresses the trailing newline, -e enables back-
              slash interpretation (a no-op, since this  is  normally  done),
              and -E which suppresses backslash interpretation.

[/tmp]$ cat try.ksh
#! /bin/ksh

echo -n "test"
[/tmp]$ ./try.ksh
test[/tmp]$

     print [ -Rnprsu[n ] ] [ arg ... ]

         The shell output mechanism. With no flags or with flag -
         or  -,  the  arguments are printed on standard output as
         described by echo(1). The exit status is 0,  unless  the
         output file is not open for writing.