GNUecho Manpage

    GNUecho(1)          UNIX Programmer's Manual           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

    Printed 10/28/85         18 January 1983