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| -rw-r--r-- | bin/echo/echo.1 | 20 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bin/echo/echo.1 b/bin/echo/echo.1 index 580fc242d14..81adae975c3 100644 --- a/bin/echo/echo.1 +++ b/bin/echo/echo.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: echo.1,v 1.20 2010/09/03 09:53:20 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: echo.1,v 1.21 2014/02/14 17:44:01 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: echo.1,v 1.7 1995/03/21 09:04:26 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)echo.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 7/22/93 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 14 2014 $ .Dt ECHO 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ characters and followed by a newline .Pq Sq \en character, to the standard output. +.Pp When no operands are given, only the newline is written. +The -- operand, +which generally denotes an end to option processing, +is treated as part of +.Ar string . .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds @@ -76,9 +81,20 @@ The flag .Op Fl n is an extension to that specification. .Pp +The +.Nm +utility does not support any of the backslash character sequences +mandated by the +X/Open System Interfaces option of the +.St -p1003.1-2008 +specification. +.Pp .Nm also exists as a built-in to .Xr csh 1 and .Xr ksh 1 , though with a different syntax. +.Pp +Where portability is paramount, use +.Xr printf 1 . |