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authortjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-20 04:39:23 +0000
committertjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-20 04:39:23 +0000
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Document that only one of the -n and -e options may be specified for
sh(1)'s echo(1) builtin command. PR: 32935, 40747 MFC after: 1 week
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@@ -1332,7 +1332,11 @@ This is the default.
A synonym for the
.Ic cd
builtin command.
-.It Ic echo Oo Fl en Oc Ar string
+.It Xo
+.Ic echo
+.Op Fl e | Fl n
+.Op Ar string
+.Xc
Print
.Ar string
to the standard output with a newline appended.
@@ -1386,6 +1390,12 @@ $ echo -e a\e\e\e\eb
a\eb
.Ed
.El
+.Pp
+Only one of the
+.Fl e
+and
+.Fl n
+options may be specified.
.It Ic eval Ar string ...
Concatenate all the arguments with spaces.
Then re-parse and execute the command.
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