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echo — Print given arguments. See also: `printf`. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils

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Problem

How to use the echo command: Print given arguments. See also: printf. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/echo-invocation.html>.

Solution

echo — Print given arguments. See also: printf. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/echo-invocation.html>.

Print a text message. Note: Quotes are optional:

echo "{{Hello World}}"

Print a message with environment variables:

echo "{{My path is $PATH}}"

Print a message without the trailing newline:

echo -n "{{Hello World}}"

Append a message to the file:

echo "{{Hello World}}" >> {{file.txt}}

Enable interpretation of backslash escapes (special characters):

echo -e "{{Column 1\tColumn 2}}"

Print the exit status of the last executed command (Note: In Windows Command Prompt and PowerShell the equivalent commands are echo %errorlevel% and $lastexitcode respectively):

echo $?

Pass text to another program through stdin:

echo "{{Hello World}}" | {{program}}

Code Snippets

Print a text message. Note: Quotes are optional

echo "{{Hello World}}"

Print a message with environment variables

echo "{{My path is $PATH}}"

Print a message without the trailing newline

echo -n "{{Hello World}}"

Append a message to the file

echo "{{Hello World}}" >> {{file.txt}}

Enable interpretation of backslash escapes (special characters)

echo -e "{{Column 1\tColumn 2}}"

Context

tldr-pages: common/echo

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