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echo

Print given arguments.

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• 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}"

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