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author | stefanf <stefanf@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-12-08 17:59:54 +0000 |
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committer | stefanf <stefanf@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-12-08 17:59:54 +0000 |
commit | d42177951b2a604d3cafce3433ecc900e90d3a5f (patch) | |
tree | 14ec2d05a70b5d0ec212a2da45e75dc723946e74 | |
parent | 32bd4e565a3a4b0c4830285475d1acb39946ff70 (diff) | |
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Clarify that the echo builtin takes an arbitrary number of strings.
Mention that spaces are printed between the strings.
-rw-r--r-- | bin/sh/sh.1 | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1 index ff0cf81..df6b626b 100644 --- a/bin/sh/sh.1 +++ b/bin/sh/sh.1 @@ -1509,10 +1509,9 @@ a shell keyword or an alias for . Ar value . -.It Ic echo Oo Fl e | n Oc Op Ar string -Print -.Ar string -to the standard output with a newline appended. +.It Ic echo Oo Fl e | n Oc Op Ar string ... +Print a space-separated list of the arguments to the standard output +and append a newline character. .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl n Suppress the output of the trailing newline. |