Echo Command with Example

What is echo command

echo - command used to display a line of text, message on screen and value of variables.

Syntax/Usage:-

		
echo [option] [string… variables….]
		

Examples:-

		
echo Hello..!!!!
echo “Hello Programmers…”     	//use quotations for string with blank spaces 

	

		

		
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echo $SHELL	//will print the value of environment variable ‘SHELL’ i.e default shell of user
echo “Default shell of user is $SHELL”

	

		

		
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echo “Default shell of user is” $SHELL

By default, echo displays text/string and places a newline character at the end of it.

Options under Echo Command

-n

Avoids the trailing newline character

		
echo –n  Hello
		

		

		
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-e

Enables interpretation of backslash escaped sequences (like \n \t) in the string

		
echo –e “Hello\tProgrammers”
		

		

		
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-E

(default)

Disables interpretation of backslash escaped sequences in the string

		
echo –E “Hello\tProgrammers”
		

		

		
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\\

backslash

		

		
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Here \\ has further escaped the special meaning of \n sequence

\b

Backspace

		

		
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Here 3 backspaces have been introduced.

\c

Produce no further output

		

		
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The further output Programmers and trailing newline has not been produced in above example

\n

New line

		

		
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\t

Horizontal tab

		

		
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\v

Vertical tab

		

		
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