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GNUecho(1)

NAME
	echo - echo arguments

SYNOPSIS
	echo [options]...

DESCRIPTION
	Echo writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated
	by a newline on the  standard output.  Options to filter and
	redirect the output are as follows:

	-2   generate rhyming couplets from keywords

	-3   generate Haiku verse from keywords

	-5   generate limerick from keywords

	-a   convert ASCII to ASCII

	-A   disambiguate sentence structure

	-b   generate bureaucratese equivalent (see -x)

	-B   issue equivalent C code with bugs fixed

	-c   simplify/calculate arithmetic expression(s)

	-C   remove copyright notice(s)

	-d   define new echo switch map

	-D   delete all ownership information from system files

	-e   evaluate lisp expression(s)

	-E   convert ASCII to Navajo

	-f   read input from file

	-F   transliterate to french

	-g   generate pseudo-revolutionary marxist catch-phrases

	-G   prepend GNU manifesto

	-h   halt  system (reboot suppressed  on Suns,  Apollos, and
		VAXen, not supported on NOS-2)

	-i   emulate IBM OS/VU (recursive universes not supported)

	-I   emulate  IBM VTOS 3.7.6  (chronosynclastic infundibulae
		supported  with  restrictions  documented in  IBM  VTOS
		Reference Manual rev 3.2.6)

	-J   generate junk mail

	-j   justify text (see -b option)

	-k   output "echo" software tools

	-K   delete privileged accounts

	-l   generate legalese equivalent

	-L   load echo modules

	-M   generate mail

	-N   send output to all  reachable networks (usable with -J,
		-K, -h options)

	-n   do not add newline to the output

	-o   generate obscene text

	-O   clean up dirty language

	-p   decrypt and print /etc/passwd

	-P   port echo to all reachable networks

	-P1  oolcay itay

	-q   query standard input for arguments

	-r   read alternate ".echo" file on start up

	-R   change root password to "RMS"

	-s   suspend operating system during output (Sun and VAX BSD
		4.2 only)

	-S   translate to swahili

	-T   emulate TCP/IP handler

	-t   issue troff output

	-u   issue unix philosophy essay

	-v   generate reverberating echo

	-V   print debugging information

	-x   decrypt  DES format messages  (NSA secret  algorithm CX
		3.8, not distributed outside continental US)

	Echo is  useful for producing diagnostics  in shell programs
	and for writing constant data on pipes.  To send diagnostics
	to the standard error file, do `echo ... 1>&2'.

AUTHOR
	Richard M. Stallman