1 LESSECHO(1) LESSECHO(1)
6 lessecho - expand metacharacters
8 S
\bSY
\bYN
\bNO
\bOP
\bPS
\bSI
\bIS
\bS
9 l
\ble
\bes
\bss
\bse
\bec
\bch
\bho
\bo _
\b[_
\b-_
\bo_
\bx_
\b] _
\b[_
\b-_
\bc_
\bx_
\b] _
\b[_
\b-_
\bp_
\bn_
\b] _
\b[_
\b-_
\bd_
\bn_
\b] _
\b[_
\b-_
\bm_
\bx_
\b] _
\b[_
\b-_
\bn_
\bn_
\b] _
\b[_
\b-_
\be_
\bx_
\b] _
\b[_
\b-_
\ba_
\b] _
\bf_
\bi_
\bl_
\be _
\b._
\b._
\b.
11 D
\bDE
\bES
\bSC
\bCR
\bRI
\bIP
\bPT
\bTI
\bIO
\bON
\bN
12 _
\bl_
\be_
\bs_
\bs_
\be_
\bc_
\bh_
\bo is a program that simply echos its arguments on standard out-
13 put. But any argument containing spaces is enclosed in quotes.
15 O
\bOP
\bPT
\bTI
\bIO
\bON
\bNS
\bS
16 A summary of options is included below.
18 -
\b-o
\box
\bx Specifies "x" to be the open quote character.
20 -
\b-c
\bcx
\bx Specifies "x" to be the close quote character.
22 -
\b-p
\bpn
\bn Specifies "n" to be the open quote character, as an integer.
24 -
\b-d
\bdn
\bn Specifies "n" to be the close quote character, as an integer.
26 -
\b-m
\bmx
\bx Specifies "x" to be a metachar.
28 -
\b-n
\bnn
\bn Specifies "n" to be a metachar, as an integer.
30 -
\b-e
\bex
\bx Specifies "x" to be the escape char for metachars.
32 -
\b-f
\bfn
\bn Specifies "n" to be the escape char for metachars, as an inte-
35 -
\b-a
\ba Specifies that all arguments are to be quoted. The default is
36 that only arguments containing spaces are quoted.
38 S
\bSE
\bEE
\bE A
\bAL
\bLS
\bSO
\bO
41 A
\bAU
\bUT
\bTH
\bHO
\bOR
\bR
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 394: 03 Dec 2005 LESSECHO(1)