From d42177951b2a604d3cafce3433ecc900e90d3a5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: stefanf Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 17:59:54 +0000 Subject: Clarify that the echo builtin takes an arbitrary number of strings. Mention that spaces are printed between the strings. --- bin/sh/sh.1 | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'bin/sh') 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. -- cgit v1.1