1 LESSECHO(1) LESSECHO(1)
6 lessecho - expand metacharacters
9 \e[1mlessecho
\e[4m
\e[22m[-ox]
\e[24m
\e[4m[-cx]
\e[24m
\e[4m[-pn]
\e[24m
\e[4m[-dn]
\e[24m
\e[4m[-mx]
\e[24m
\e[4m[-nn]
\e[24m
\e[4m[-ex]
\e[24m
\e[4m[-a]
\e[24m
\e[4mfile
\e[24m
\e[4m...
\e[0m
12 \e[4mlessecho
\e[24m is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard out-
13 put. But any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes.
16 A summary of options is included below.
18 \e[1m-ox
\e[22mSpecifies "x" to be the open quote character.
20 \e[1m-cx
\e[22mSpecifies "x" to be the close quote character.
22 \e[1m-pn
\e[22mSpecifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.
24 \e[1m-dn
\e[22mSpecifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.
26 \e[1m-mx
\e[22mSpecifies "x" to be a metachar.
28 \e[1m-nn
\e[22mSpecifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.
30 \e[1m-ex
\e[22mSpecifies "x" to be the escape char for metachars.
32 \e[1m-fn
\e[22mSpecifies "n" to be the escape char for metachars, as an inte-
35 \e[1m-a
\e[22mSpecifies that all arguments are to be quoted. The default is
36 that only arguments containing spaces are quoted.
42 This manual page was written by Thomas Schoepf <schoepf@debian.org>,
43 for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
45 Send bug reports or comments to bug-less@gnu.org.
49 Version 444: 09 Jun 2011 LESSECHO(1)