HELLO(1) User Commands HELLO(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

hello - friendly greeting program

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**hello** \[*OPTION*]...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Print a friendly, customizable greeting.

[**-t**, **--traditional**](#t)

use traditional greeting

[**-g**, **--greeting**=*TEXT*](#g)

use TEXT as the greeting message

[**--help**](#help)

display this help and exit

[**--version**](#version)

output version information and exit

# [ADDITIONAL INFORMATION](#ADDITIONAL_INFORMATION)

See [man/hello.x](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hello.git/tree/man/hello.x) for how to add additional information to a manual page.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Written by Karl Berry, Sami Kerola, Jim Meyering, and Reuben Thomas.

# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

Report bugs to: bug-hello@gnu.org  
GNU Hello home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/hello/>  
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>  
Report GNU Hello translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

The full documentation for **hello** is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the **info** and **hello** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

**info hello**

should give you access to the complete manual.

September 2026 GNU Hello 2.12.3

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Document: hello(1) from hello 2.12.3-r8 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/hello.git