.TH ECHO 1 .SH NAME echo, echon \- print arguments .SH SYNOPSIS .B echo [ .I arg ... ] .PP .B echon [ .I arg ... ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Echo writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated by a newline on the standard output. .I Echon operates similarly, but suppresses the newline. .SH SOURCE .B /sys/src/cmd/echo.c .br .B /sys/src/cmd/echon.c .SH DIAGNOSTICS If .I echo draws an error while writing to standard output, the exit status is .LR "write error" . Otherwise the exit status is empty.