echo (command)
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For other uses, see Echo (disambiguation).
In computing, echo
is a command that outputs the strings that are passed to it as arguments. It is a command available in various operating system shells and typically used in shell scripts and batch files to output status text to the screen[1] or a computer file, or as a source part of a pipeline.
Quick Facts Original author(s), Developer(s) ...
Original author(s) | Douglas McIlroy (AT&T Bell Laboratories) |
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Developer(s) | Various open-source and commercial developers |
Operating system | Multics, Unix, Unix-like, V, Plan 9, Inferno, FLEX, TRIPOS, AmigaDOS, Z80-RIO, OS-9, DOS, MSX-DOS, Panos, FlexOS, SISNE plus, OS/2, Windows, ReactOS, MPE/iX, KolibriOS, SymbOS |
Platform | Cross-platform |
Type | Command |
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