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echo

Print an informational message.

Synopsis:

echo "message"

Arguments:

message

A quoted string which contains the message to print.

Description:

This command prints an informational message to the standard error, which is usually the shell window from which the program is called. This is particularly useful when you are programming your own aliases, and you want to provide information. If the command is being processed in an init file, the quotes must be preceeded by a backslash.

Examples:

echo "To use cale commands, type cale at the prompt."

See Also:

alias , defined , error , if , progn , warning


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