echo
Print given arguments. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/echo.
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Print a text message. Note: quotes are optional:
echo "{{Hello World}}"
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Print a message with environment variables:
echo "{{My path is $PATH}}"
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Print a message without the trailing newline:
echo -n "{{Hello World}}"
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Append a message to the file:
echo "{{Hello World}}" >> {{file.txt}}
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Enable interpretation of backslash escapes (special characters):
echo -e "{{Column 1\tColumn 2}}"
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Print the exit status of the last executed command (Note: In Windows Command Prompt and PowerShell the equivalent commands are
echo %errorlevel%
and$lastexitcode
respectively):
echo $?
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