July 22, 1993 ECHO 1

### NAME

echo - write arguments to the standard output

### SYNOPSIS

echo [-n] [string ...]

### DESCRIPTION

The echo utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank (`` '') characters and followed by a newline (``\n'') character, to the standard output.

The following option is available:

-n
  Do not print the trailing newline character.

### EXIT STATUS

The echo utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

### SEE ALSO

printf(1)

### STANDARDS

The echo utility is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') compatible.