ECHO(1) General Commands Manual ECHO(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

echo - Display a line of text

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**echo** \[OPTIONS]... \[STRING]...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Display a line of text

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-n**](#n)

do not output the trailing newline

[**-e**](#e)

enable interpretation of backslash escapes

[**-E**](#E)

disable interpretation of backslash escapes (default)

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

Print help

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

Print version

\[*STRING*]

# [EXTRA](#EXTRA)

Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.

If -e is in effect, the following sequences are recognized:

\- \\ backslash  
\- \\a alert (BEL)  
\- \\b backspace  
\- \\c produce no further output  
\- \\e escape  
\- \\f form feed  
\- \\n new line  
\- \\r carriage return  
\- \\t horizontal tab  
\- \\v vertical tab  
\- \\0NNN byte with octal value NNN (1 to 3 digits)  
\- \\xHH byte with hexadecimal value HH (1 to 2 digits)

# [VERSION](#VERSION)

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

2026-10-16

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Document: echo(1) from uutils 0.12.0-r4 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils