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4 | Path: mit-amt!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!gatech!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!herndon |
5 | From: herndon@umn-cs.UUCP | |
6 | Newsgroups: net.sources | |
7 | Subject: GNU Echo, Release 1 | |
8 | Message-ID: <1600001@umn-cs.UUCP> | |
9 | Date: 28 Oct 85 18:23:00 GMT | |
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12 | /* Written 12:22 pm Oct 28, 1985 by umn-cs!herndon in umn-cs:net.jokes */ | |
13 | /* ---------- "GNU Echo, Release 1" ---------- */ | |
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18 | GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1) | |
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22 | NAME | |
23 | echo - echo arguments | |
24 | ||
25 | SYNOPSIS | |
26 | echo [ options ] ... | |
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28 | DESCRIPTION | |
29 | _^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated | |
30 | by a newline on the standard output. Options to filter and | |
31 | redirect the output are as follows: | |
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33 | -2 generate rhyming couplets from keywords | |
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35 | -3 generate Haiku verse from keywords | |
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37 | -5 generate limerick from keywords | |
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39 | -a convert ASCII to ASCII | |
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41 | -A disambiguate sentence structure | |
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43 | -b generate bureaucratese equivalent (see -x) | |
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45 | -B issue equivalent C code with bugs fixed | |
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47 | -c simplify/calculate arithmetic expression(s) | |
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49 | -C remove copyright notice(s) | |
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51 | -d define new echo switch map | |
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53 | -D delete all ownership information from system files | |
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55 | -e evaluate lisp expression(s) | |
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57 | -E convert ASCII to Navajo | |
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59 | -f read input from file | |
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61 | -F transliterate to french | |
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63 | -g generate pseudo-revolutionary marxist catch-phrases | |
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65 | -G prepend GNU manifesto | |
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67 | -h halt system (reboot suppressed on Suns, Apollos, and | |
68 | VAXen, not supported on NOS-2) | |
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70 | -i emulate IBM OS/VU (recursive universes not supported) | |
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72 | -I emulate IBM VTOS 3.7.6 (chronosynclastic infundibulae | |
73 | supported with restrictions documented in IBM VTOS | |
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84 | GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1) | |
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88 | Reference Manual rev 3.2.6) | |
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90 | -J generate junk mail | |
91 | ||
92 | -j justify text (see -b option) | |
93 | ||
94 | -k output "echo" software tools | |
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96 | -K delete privileged accounts | |
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98 | -l generate legalese equivalent | |
99 | ||
100 | -L load echo modules | |
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102 | -M generate mail | |
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104 | -N send output to all reachable networks (usable with -J, | |
105 | -K, -h options) | |
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107 | -n do not add newline to the output | |
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109 | -o generate obscene text | |
110 | ||
111 | -O clean up dirty language | |
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113 | -p decrypt and print /etc/passwd | |
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115 | -P port echo to all reachable networks | |
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117 | -P1 oolcay itay | |
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119 | -q query standard input for arguments | |
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121 | -r read alternate ".echo" file on start up | |
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123 | -R change root password to "RMS" | |
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125 | -s suspend operating system during output (Sun and VAX BSD | |
126 | 4.2 only) | |
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128 | -S translate to swahili | |
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130 | -T emulate TCP/IP handler | |
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132 | -t issue troff output | |
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134 | -u issue unix philosophy essay | |
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136 | -v generate reverberating echo | |
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138 | -V print debugging information | |
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150 | GNUecho(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual GNUecho(1) | |
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154 | -x decrypt DES format messages (NSA secret algorithm CX | |
155 | 3.8, not distributed outside continental US) | |
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157 | _^HE_^Hc_^Hh_^Ho is useful for producing diagnostics in shell programs | |
158 | and for writing constant data on pipes. To send diagnostics | |
159 | to the standard error file, do `echo ... 1>&2'. | |
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161 | AUTHOR | |
162 | Richard M. Stallman | |
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