ECHO(1)			 HP-UX 5.0		       ECHO(1)

     NAME
	  echo - echo (print) arguments

     SYNOPSIS
	  echo [ arg ] ...

     HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
	  Level:    HP-UX/NUCLEUS

	  Origin:   System V

	  Native Language Support:
		    8-bit data

     DESCRIPTION
	  Echo writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated
	  by  a	 new-line on the standard output.  If echo's arguments
	  are not quoted, or are enclosed in double quotes (" ...  "),
	  all  metacharacters  are  expanded  according to the shell's
	  interpretation.  Thus, echo can be  used  to	verify	how  a
	  certain  metacharacter pattern is going to be interpreted by
	  the shell.

	  Echo also understands C-like escape conventions,  which  are
	  listed below:

	       \b   backspace
	       \c   print line without new-line
	       \f   form-feed
	       \n   new-line
	       \r   carriage return
	       \t   tab
	       \v   vertical tab
	       \\   backslash
	       \n   the 8-bit character whose ASCII code is the 1-, 2-
		    or 3-digit octal number n, which must start with a
		    zero.

	  Note that these escape sequences are	first  interpreted  by
	  the  shell  before  being  passed  to	 echo.	 Thus,	if the
	  arguments are unquoted, or quoted with  double  quotes,  the
	  backslash    must    be   doubled   to   prevent   premature
	  interpretation by the shell.	If the arguments are  enclosed
	  in  single  quotes,  then  the above escapes may be typed as
	  shown.

	  To produce a literal backslash on the	 output,  it  must  be
	  doubled (if unquoted or quoted by double quotes).  If quoted
	  with single quotes, a single backslash suffices.

	  Echo is useful for producing diagnostics  in	command	 files
	  and for sending known data into a pipe.
     SEE ALSO
	  sh(1).