Synopsis:
echo [<anything>]
Description:
This command prints its arguments back to the screen. That's it. It
is useful for printing status messages from inside scripts, or inside
hooks for redefining server messages.
The ECHO command is also the only command (one of two, actually; see
XECHO ) that can write to the screen when DISPLAY is off. ECHO now
has no length limitation, it can display any string within the confines
of memory.
See Also:
eval (5); set (4) display , input_aliases ; xecho (5)
Other Notes:
ECHO will not normally expand variables unless it is used inside an
alias. To force expansion, use EVAL or set INPUT_ALIASES on. This is
not a bug, it is an intentional feature common to all commands.
