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1 Path: mit-amt!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!gatech!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!herndon
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2 From: herndon@umn-cs.UUCP
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3 Newsgroups: net.sources
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4 Subject: GNU Echo, Release 1
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5 Message-ID: <1600001@umn-cs.UUCP>
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6 Date: 28 Oct 85 18:23:00 GMT
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9 /* Written 12:22 pm Oct 28, 1985 by umn-cs!herndon in umn-cs:net.jokes */
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10 /* ---------- "GNU Echo, Release 1" ---------- */
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15 GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1)
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19 NAME
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20 echo - echo arguments
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22 SYNOPSIS
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23 echo [ options ] ...
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25 DESCRIPTION
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26 _^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated
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27 by a newline on the standard output. Options to filter and
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28 redirect the output are as follows:
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30 -2 generate rhyming couplets from keywords
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32 -3 generate Haiku verse from keywords
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34 -5 generate limerick from keywords
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36 -a convert ASCII to ASCII
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38 -A disambiguate sentence structure
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40 -b generate bureaucratese equivalent (see -x)
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42 -B issue equivalent C code with bugs fixed
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44 -c simplify/calculate arithmetic expression(s)
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46 -C remove copyright notice(s)
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48 -d define new echo switch map
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50 -D delete all ownership information from system files
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52 -e evaluate lisp expression(s)
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54 -E convert ASCII to Navajo
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58 -F transliterate to french
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60 -g generate pseudo-revolutionary marxist catch-phrases
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62 -G prepend GNU manifesto
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64 -h halt system (reboot suppressed on Suns, Apollos, and
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67 -i emulate IBM OS/VU (recursive universes not supported)
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69 -I emulate IBM VTOS 3.7.6 (chronosynclastic infundibulae
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87 -J generate junk mail
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89 -j justify text (see -b option)
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91 -k output "echo" software tools
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93 -K delete privileged accounts
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95 -l generate legalese equivalent
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97 -L load echo modules
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99 -M generate mail
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101 -N send output to all reachable networks (usable with -J,
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102 -K, -h options)
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104 -n do not add newline to the output
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106 -o generate obscene text
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108 -O clean up dirty language
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110 -p decrypt and print /etc/passwd
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118 -r read alternate ".echo" file on start up
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120 -R change root password to "RMS"
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151 -x decrypt DES format messages (NSA secret algorithm CX
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154 _^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho is useful for producing diagnostics in shell programs
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155 and for writing constant data on pipes. To send diagnostics
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