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- NAME
- cecho - echo arguments
-
- SYNTAX
- cecho [ -n ] [ arg ] ...
-
- DESCRIPTION
- Echo writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated
- by a newline on the standard output. If the flag -n is
- used, no newline is added to the output.
-
- The following are the expansions of parameters for cecho and the
- other unix commands (listed in order of expansion):
-
- \ For quoting the special characters $ " '
- so that their expansions are not interpreted.
- If the \ precedes any other character, the \ will remain.
-
- " ... " For grouping words with expansions (but not file name
- generation).
-
- ' ... ' For grouping words, but expansions are not performed.
-
- $name For substitution of the environment parameter "name".
- If name is not found, the NULL string is substituted.
-
- ${name}... For expanding the environment parameter "name" when the
- parameter is embedded in a string.
-
- * For file name generation. The * represents any string.
- ? The ? represents any single character.
-
- EXAMPLES
- Assume $PATH = \;\dos;
-
- cecho $path --> \;\dos;
- cecho ${path}others --> \;\dos;others
- cecho "hello \$path" --> hello $path
- cecho "hello $path" --> hello \;\dos;
- cecho 'hello $path' --> hello $path
- cecho *.c --> cecho.c ...
- cecho "*.c" --> *.c
- cecho '*.c' --> *.c