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echo

Print given arguments. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/echo.
  • Print a text message. Note: quotes are optional:
    echo "{{Hello World}}"
  • Print a message with environment variables:
    echo "{{My path is $PATH}}"
  • Print a message without the trailing newline:
    echo -n "{{Hello World}}"
  • Append a message to the file:
    echo "{{Hello World}}" >> {{file.txt}}
  • Enable interpretation of backslash escapes (special characters):
    echo -e "{{Column 1\tColumn 2}}"
  • 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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