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:
\ backslash
a alert (BEL)
backspace
c produce no further output
e escape
f form feed
new line
carriage return
horizontal tab
v vertical tab
NNN byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)
xHH byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)
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.
AUTHOR
Written by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.
REPORTING BUGS
Report echo bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report echo translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for echo is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and echo programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info coreutils 'echo invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb September 2011 ECHO(1)
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TRUE(1) User Commands TRUE(1)NAME
true - do nothing, successfully
SYNOPSIS
true [ignored command line arguments]
true OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Exit with a status code indicating success.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of true, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's docu-
mentation for details about the options it supports.
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report true bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report true translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for true is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and true programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info coreutils 'true invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb September 2011 TRUE(1)
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Hi,
I need to append the data in to a file by using tab delimiter.
eg:
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I want to run
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Hi,
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not
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Hi
I am facing a strange problem
a=03
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the output is 3
But i want to display it is 03
Can you people help me how to display it like 03.
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hi,
When I give an echo command as below:
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I am getting the output as :
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Please give suggestions.
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version info : Fedora 28 (Kernel version: 4.16.12-300)
shell : bash
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