#!/usr/bin/env sh
# @(#) s1 Demonstrate "word" differences.
# ____
# /
# | Infrastructure BEGIN
echo
set -o nounset
debug=":"
debug="echo"
## The shebang using "env" line is designed for portability. For
# higher security, use:
#
# #!/bin/sh -
## Use local command version for the commands in this demonstration.
set +o nounset
echo "(Versions displayed with local utility \"version\")"
version >/dev/null 2>&1 && version =o $(_eat $0 $1) wdiff
set -o nounset
echo
a=${1-data1}
echo " Input file $a:"
cat $a
b=${2-data2}
echo " Input file $b:"
cat $b
# | Infrastructure END
# \
# ---
echo
echo " Results from processing:"
wdiff -3 $a $b
exit 0
Code:
Producing:
% ./s1 data3 data4
(Versions displayed with local utility "version")
Linux 2.6.11-x1
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu)
GNU wdiff 0.5
Input file data3:
1 2 3 4 5 80 90
Input file data4:
1 2 3 4 5 6 80 90
Results from processing:
======================================================================
{+6+}
======================================================================
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echo
ECHO(1) User Commands ECHO(1)NAME
echo - display a line of text
SYNOPSIS
echo [SHORT-OPTION]... [STRING]...
echo LONG-OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.
-n do not output the trailing newline
-e enable interpretation of backslash escapes
-E disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
If -e is in effect, the following sequences are recognized:
NNN the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)
\ backslash
a alert (BEL)
backspace
c produce no further output
f form feed
new line
carriage return
horizontal tab
v vertical tab
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of echo, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's docu-
mentation for details about the options it supports.
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command
info coreutils 'echo invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 7.1 July 2010 ECHO(1)