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1 The Free Software Foundation claims no copyright on this file, taken
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2 from a posting to the public newsgroup net.sources.
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4 Path: mit-amt!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!gatech!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!herndon
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5 From: herndon@umn-cs.UUCP
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6 Newsgroups: net.sources
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7 Subject: GNU Echo, Release 1
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8 Message-ID: <1600001@umn-cs.UUCP>
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9 Date: 28 Oct 85 18:23:00 GMT
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12 /* Written 12:22 pm Oct 28, 1985 by umn-cs!herndon in umn-cs:net.jokes */
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13 /* ---------- "GNU Echo, Release 1" ---------- */
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18 GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1)
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22 NAME
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23 echo - echo arguments
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25 SYNOPSIS
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26 echo [ options ] ...
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28 DESCRIPTION
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29 _^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated
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30 by a newline on the standard output. Options to filter and
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31 redirect the output are as follows:
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33 -2 generate rhyming couplets from keywords
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35 -3 generate Haiku verse from keywords
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37 -5 generate limerick from keywords
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39 -a convert ASCII to ASCII
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41 -A disambiguate sentence structure
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43 -b generate bureaucratese equivalent (see -x)
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45 -B issue equivalent C code with bugs fixed
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47 -c simplify/calculate arithmetic expression(s)
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49 -C remove copyright notice(s)
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51 -d define new echo switch map
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53 -D delete all ownership information from system files
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55 -e evaluate lisp expression(s)
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57 -E convert ASCII to Navajo
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59 -f read input from file
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61 -F transliterate to french
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63 -g generate pseudo-revolutionary marxist catch-phrases
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65 -G prepend GNU manifesto
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67 -h halt system (reboot suppressed on Suns, Apollos, and
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68 VAXen, not supported on NOS-2)
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70 -i emulate IBM OS/VU (recursive universes not supported)
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72 -I emulate IBM VTOS 3.7.6 (chronosynclastic infundibulae
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73 supported with restrictions documented in IBM VTOS
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84 GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1)
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90 -J generate junk mail
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92 -j justify text (see -b option)
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94 -k output "echo" software tools
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100 -L load echo modules
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107 -n do not add newline to the output
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119 -q query standard input for arguments
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121 -r read alternate ".echo" file on start up
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125 -s suspend operating system during output (Sun and VAX BSD
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154 -x decrypt DES format messages (NSA secret algorithm CX
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155 3.8, not distributed outside continental US)
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157 _^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho is useful for producing diagnostics in shell programs
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158 and for writing constant data on pipes. To send diagnostics
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159 to the standard error file, do `echo ... 1>&2'.
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161 AUTHOR
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