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The Free Software Foundation claims no copyright on this file, taken
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from a posting to the public newsgroup net.sources.
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1999-10-03 12:39:42 +00:00
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Path: mit-amt!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!gatech!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!herndon
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From: herndon@umn-cs.UUCP
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Newsgroups: net.sources
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Subject: GNU Echo, Release 1
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Message-ID: <1600001@umn-cs.UUCP>
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Date: 28 Oct 85 18:23:00 GMT
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/* Written 12:22 pm Oct 28, 1985 by umn-cs!herndon in umn-cs:net.jokes */
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/* ---------- "GNU Echo, Release 1" ---------- */
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GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1)
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NAME
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echo - echo arguments
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SYNOPSIS
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echo [ options ] ...
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DESCRIPTION
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_^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated
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by a newline on the standard output. Options to filter and
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redirect the output are as follows:
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-2 generate rhyming couplets from keywords
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-3 generate Haiku verse from keywords
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-5 generate limerick from keywords
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-a convert ASCII to ASCII
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-A disambiguate sentence structure
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-b generate bureaucratese equivalent (see -x)
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-B issue equivalent C code with bugs fixed
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-c simplify/calculate arithmetic expression(s)
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-C remove copyright notice(s)
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-d define new echo switch map
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-D delete all ownership information from system files
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-e evaluate lisp expression(s)
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-E convert ASCII to Navajo
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-f read input from file
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-F transliterate to french
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-g generate pseudo-revolutionary marxist catch-phrases
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-G prepend GNU manifesto
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-h halt system (reboot suppressed on Suns, Apollos, and
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VAXen, not supported on NOS-2)
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-i emulate IBM OS/VU (recursive universes not supported)
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-I emulate IBM VTOS 3.7.6 (chronosynclastic infundibulae
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supported with restrictions documented in IBM VTOS
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Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 1
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GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1)
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Reference Manual rev 3.2.6)
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-J generate junk mail
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-j justify text (see -b option)
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-k output "echo" software tools
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-K delete privileged accounts
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-l generate legalese equivalent
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-L load echo modules
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-M generate mail
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-N send output to all reachable networks (usable with -J,
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-K, -h options)
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-n do not add newline to the output
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-o generate obscene text
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-O clean up dirty language
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-p decrypt and print /etc/passwd
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-P port echo to all reachable networks
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-P1 oolcay itay
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-q query standard input for arguments
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-r read alternate ".echo" file on start up
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-R change root password to "RMS"
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-s suspend operating system during output (Sun and VAX BSD
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4.2 only)
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-S translate to swahili
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-T emulate TCP/IP handler
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-t issue troff output
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-u issue unix philosophy essay
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-v generate reverberating echo
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-V print debugging information
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Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 2
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GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1)
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-x decrypt DES format messages (NSA secret algorithm CX
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3.8, not distributed outside continental US)
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_^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho is useful for producing diagnostics in shell programs
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and for writing constant data on pipes. To send diagnostics
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to the standard error file, do `echo ... 1>&2'.
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AUTHOR
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Richard M. Stallman
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Printed 10/28/85 18 January 1983 3
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